Obama-shi (Japan)

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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
אובמה (יפן)
Name (Latin)
Obama-shi (Japan)
Other forms of name
nnaa Obama, Japan
Coordinates
135.7466111 135.7466111 35.49561111 35.49561111 (gooearth )
Associated country
Japan
See Also From tracing place name
Kuchinata-mura (Japan)
Miyagawa-mura (Fukui-ken, Japan)
Biographical or Historical Data
Fukui Prefecture
f. in 1951
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 128999688
Wikidata: Q41773
Library of congress: n 80024398
Sources of Information
  • Wakasa Obama no bunkazai, 1968.
  • Wakasa Miyagawa no rekishi, 1988:
Wikipedia description:

Obama (Japanese: 小浜市, Hepburn: Obama-shi) is a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 August 2018, the city had an estimated population of 29,435 in 12,057 households and a population density of 240 persons per km2 (327/sq mi). The total area of the city was 233.09 square kilometres (90.00 sq mi). Obama gained publicity in the United States and elsewhere in 2008, as it shares its name with Barack Obama, who ran for, and later became the 44th, President of the United States.

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