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Hikone
Shigacity
Total population
113,468
Air quality index
Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Situated in Shiga, Japan, Hikone is a sizeable town. Located at 35.274°, 136.260°, Hikone occupies a warm-temperate portion of the northern hemisphere. Census-style estimates put the resident count near 113,468. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,363 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 53% of daylight hours. The latitude suggests warm summers and cool winters. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Black KiteMilvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves372
- Eurasian CootFulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves235
- Gray/Purple HeronArdea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves225
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos Wagler, 1827 · Aves215
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves215
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis (Temminck, 1830) · Aves212
- Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha Swinhoe, 1866 · Aves193
- Great EgretArdea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves181
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.1 — 2026-03-125 km NNE of Ayabe, Japan
- M 4.1 — 2026-03-098 km S of Maizuru, Japan
- M 4.2 — 2025-12-266 km SE of Takahama, Japan
- M 5.1 — 2025-10-207 km WSW of Takahama, Japan
- M 4.1 — 2025-08-2421 km S of Ikeda, Japan
- M 4.8 — 2025-07-318 km N of Toba, Japan
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Shiga
- Maibara3.3 mi away · pop. 38,719
- Kora4.8 mi away · pop. 7,039
- Akenbara5.4 mi away
- Toyosato5.5 mi away · pop. 7,422
- Taga5.6 mi away · pop. 7,355
- Aisho7.4 mi away · pop. 20,778
- Nagahama7.4 mi away · pop. 115,712
- Higashiomi11.6 mi away · pop. 113,269
- 出福12.8 mi away
- 三ツ矢13.1 mi away
- 島13.1 mi away
- Ōmihachiman13.6 mi away · pop. 81,312
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Hikone
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
e-Stat — Statistics Bureau of Japan
- JIS code
- 252026
- Population (Wikidata)
- 113,191
- Wikidata
- Q386635
JIS X 0402 dantai codes via Wikidata P429
Sources
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • e-Stat / Statistics Bureau of Japan — JIS X 0402 dantai code via Wikidata P429 (prefecture, municipality)
- • e-Stat — Statistics Bureau of Japan — JIS X 0402 dantai codes via Wikidata P429