Sekigahara-chō (Japan)
Enlarge text Shrink text-
Place
|
System number
987007567160405171
-
Save successfulThe item can be found in your Personal ZoneשגיאהLog in to your account to save
Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Sekigahara-chō (Japan)
Coordinates
136.4669444 136.4669444 35.3655 35.3655 (gooearth )
E1362800 E1362800 N0352100 N0352100 (geonames )
Associated country
Japan
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(civil; 35°21ʹ00ʺN 136°28ʹ00ʺE)
- Kokudo gyōsei kukaku(Sekigahara-chō)
- Mino no Kuni Imasu Myōōji shi, 1995:page 1, etc. (Myōōji is located in Gifu-ken Sekigahara-chō Imasu)
- Sekigahara chōshi. Shiryō hen, 1978- :v. 1, t.p. (Sekigahara-chō) colophon (Gifu-ken)
- Zenkoku shichōson, 1982:p. 225 (Sekigahara-chō; Gifu-ken Fuwa-gun; 1954, merged w. Imasu-mura [no publs. in LC data base], Tama-mura [no publs. in LC data base] and Iwate-mura [no publs. in LC data base])
Wikipedia description:
Sekigahara (関ケ原町, Sekigahara-chō) is a town located in Fuwa District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 December 2018, the town had an estimated population of 7,109 and a population density of 140 persons per km2, in 2,725 households. The total area of the town was 49.28 square kilometres (19.03 sq mi). The town is most famous for the Battle of Sekigahara which ended the Sengoku Period and created the Tokugawa Shogunate. Due to this, Sekigahara is also a sister city of Waterloo, Belgium and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, sites of other famous and significant battles on their continents.
Read more on Wikipedia >