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Kanazawa

Eastern Asia

Kanazawa is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan. As of January 2018 the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households and a population density of 990 persons per square kilometer, across a total area of 468.64 square kilometers.

Facts
Population
466,029 1
Area (sq km)
467.77 2
Founding Year
1889 2
Latitude
36.561056 degrees north 2
Longitude
136.6565 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Sea Level 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+09:00 3
Sources
1. Kanazawa (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
Quote, Lead section
As of 1 January 2018, the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2.
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2. Kanazawa (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 36.561056, longitude 136.6565
  • P2046 (area)
    area 467.77 sq km
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 1889
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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3. GeoNames: Kanazawa - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1860243
    36.6 136.61667 P PPLA JP 15 1860240 466029 -1 Asia/Tokyo
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. -1 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 36.75, 136.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 36.75, 136.75
36.75 136.75 Cfa
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Wikidata: Kanazawa
Wikidata Q191130, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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