Wakkanai

Summary

Wakkanai is a city of Japan^[1]. Wakkanai ranks in the top 1% of city_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (944 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wakkanai is located in Soya Subprefecture^[3].
• Wakkanai is located in Hokkaido^[4].
• Wakkanai is in the country of Japan^[5].
• Wakkanai's instance of is recorded as city of Japan^[6].
• Wakkanai's instance of is recorded as second-level administrative division^[7].
• Wakkanai's shares border with is recorded as Sarufutsu^[8].
• Wakkanai's shares border with is recorded as Toyotomi^[9].
• Wakkanai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Q1822^[10].
• Wakkanai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nevelsk^[11].
• Wakkanai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Korsakov^[12].
• Wakkanai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk^[13].
• Wakkanai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ishigaki^[14].
• Wakkanai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Makurazaki^[15].
• Wakkanai's legislative body is recorded as Q28688725^[16].
• Wakkanai's Commons category is recorded as Wakkanai, Hokkaido^[17].
• Wakkanai's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00^[18].
• Wakkanai's located in time zone is recorded as Japan Standard Time^[19].
• Wakkanai's local dialing code is recorded as 0162^[20].
• July 1, 1900 marks the founding of Wakkanai^[21].
• April 1, 1949 marks the founding of Wakkanai^[22].
• Wakkanai's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.415638888888886, 'lon': 141.67308333333332}^[23].
• Wakkanai's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.3325, 'lon': 141.82833333333}^[24].
• Wakkanai's official website is recorded as https://www.city.wakkanai.hokkaido.jp/^[25].
• Wakkanai's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wakkanai^[26].
• Wakkanai has a population of {'amount': '+33036'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Wakkanai is in the country of Japan^[5]. Located in include Soya Subprefecture^[3], a subprefecture of Japan^[28], in Japan^[29], founded in 2010^[30] and Hokkaido^[4], a prefecture of Japan^[31], in Japan^[32].

Physical Characteristics

Wakkanai covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+761.47'}^[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+33036'}^[27], {'amount': '+36380'}^[34], and {'amount': '+39595'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city of Japan^[6] and second-level administrative division^[7].

History and Context

Recorded inception include July 1, 1900^[21] and April 1, 1949^[22].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Wakkanai include Wakkanai Station^[36], a dead-end railway station^[37], in Japan^[38], founded in 1928^[39]; Wakkanai Airport^[40], an airport^[41], in Japan^[42]; and 5960 Wakkanai^[43], an asteroid^[44].

Why It Matters

Wakkanai ranks in the top 1% of city_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (944 views/month).^[2] Wakkanai has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[45] Wakkanai is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[46]

Entities named for Wakkanai include Wakkanai Station^[36], a dead-end railway station^[37], in Japan^[38], founded in 1928^[39]; Wakkanai Airport^[40], an airport^[41], in Japan^[42]; and 5960 Wakkanai^[43], an asteroid^[44].