Wakayama
capital city of Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
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Summary
Wakayama is a core city of Japan[1]. Wakayama draws 3,499 Wikipedia views per month (core city of japan category, ranking #23 of 47).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Wakayama Prefecture[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Wakayama Bay[5], Kinokawa River[6], Ichihori River[7]
- Head of government: Masahiro Obana[8]
- Instance of: prefectural capital of Japan[9], big city[10], jōkamachi[11]
- Shares border with: Kainan[12], Kinokawa[13], Iwade[14], Hannan[15], Misaki[16]
- Named after: Wakaura[17]
- Twinned administrative body: Bakersfield[18], Jinan[19], Jeju[20], Richmond[21]
- Legislative body: 和歌山市議会[22]
- Postal code: 640-8511[23]
- Commons category: Wakayama, Wakayama[24]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[25]
- Inception: April 1, 1889[26]
- Located in/on physical feature: Wakayama Plain[27]
- Official website: https://www.city.wakayama.wakayama.jp/[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Wakayama (city)[29]
- Commons gallery: 和歌山市[30]
- Population: 369,088[31], 353,299[32], 364,154[33], 370,364[34]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Wakayama[35]
- Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[36], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[37]
- Replaces: Saika[38], Miya[39], Wakaura[40], Narukami[41], Nakanoshima[42], Okamachi[43], Shikagō[44], Saikazaki[45], Miyamae[46], Minato[47], Nozaki[48], Santa[49], Kimiidera[50], Matsue[51]
Why It Matters
Wakayama has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Wakayama is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]