Matsue-shi (Japan)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
מצואואה (יפן)
Name (Latin)
Matsue-shi (Japan)
Other forms of name
nnaa Matsue, Japan (Shimane Prefecture)
Coordinates
133.0485278 133.0485278 35.46811111 35.46811111 (gooearth )
E1330500 E1330500 N0352800 N0352800 (geonames )
Associated country
Japan
See Also From tracing place name
Hokki-mura (Japan)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 141888252
Wikidata: Q207321
Library of congress: n 80017710
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm2; 35°28ʹ00ʺN 133°05ʹ00ʺE)
  • U.S. Army Map Service. Matsue, Shimane Prefecture ... 1945.
  • Uchida, A. Hokki sonshi, 1988:pref. (Matsue-shi; 1948, absorbed Hokki-mura)

Wikipedia description:

Matsue (Japanese: 松江市, Hepburn: Matsue-shi) is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture, Japan, located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. As of 31 March 2023, the city had an estimated population of 196,748 in 91287 households and a population density of 340 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 572.99 square kilometres (221.23 sq mi). Matsue is home to the Tokugawa-era Matsue Castle, one of the last surviving feudal castles in Japan.

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