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Fujishima, Yamagata
was a List of towns of Japan, town located in Higashitagawa District, Yamagata, Higashitagawa District, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 11,922 and a population density, density of 188.58 persons per km². The total area was 63.22 km². On October 1, 2005, Fujishima, along with the towns of Haguro, Yamagata, Haguro and Kushibiki, Yamagata, Kushibiki, the village of Asahi, Yamagata (Higashitagawa), Asahi (all from Higashitagawa District, Yamagata, Higashitagawa District), and the town of Atsumi, Yamagata, Atsumi (from Nishitagawa District, Yamagata, Nishitagawa District), was merged into the expanded city of Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Tsuruoka, and no longer exists as an independent Municipalities of Japan, municipality. External links Tsuruoka official website Dissolved municipalities of Yamagata Prefecture Tsuruoka, Yamagata {{Yamagata-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Towns Of Japan
A town (町; ''chō'' or ''machi'') is a Local government, local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with Prefectures of Japan, prefecture (''ken'' or other equivalents), Cities of Japan, city (''shi''), and Villages of Japan, village (''mura''). Geographically, a town is contained within a Districts of Japan, district. Note that the same word (町; ''machi'' or ''chō'') is also used in names of smaller regions, usually a part of a Wards of Japan, ward in a city. This is a legacy of when smaller towns were formed on the outskirts of a city, only to eventually merge into it. Towns See also * Municipalities of Japan * Japanese addressing system References {{reflist External links "Large City System of Japan"; graphic shows towns compared with other Japanese city types at p. 1 [PDF 7 of 40 /nowiki>] Towns in Japan, * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higashitagawa District, Yamagata
is a rural district located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2013, the district has an estimated population of 29,957 and an area of 282.47 km2. Much of the city of Tsuruoka and a portion of the city of Sakata was formerly part of Higashitagawa District. Towns and villages * Mikawa * Shōnai History Tagawa County was an ancient place name in part of Dewa Province. It was divided into Higashitagawa District and Nishitagawa District after the Meiji restoration. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, much of the area of both districts were ruled as part of Tsuruoka Domain. The area became part of Yamagata Prefecture in 1876. At that time, Higashitagawa District consisted of 259 villages. With the establishment of the municipality system on April 1, 1889, the district was consolidated into 26 villages. * On May 5, 1918, Amarume was raised to town status * On May 19, 1922, Fujishima was raised to town status * On April 1, 1937, Karikawa was raised to town status * On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamagata Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Yamagata Prefecture has a population of 1,079,950 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 9,325 km² (3,600 sq mi). Yamagata Prefecture borders Akita Prefecture to the north, Miyagi Prefecture to the east, Fukushima Prefecture to the south, and Niigata Prefecture to the southwest. Yamagata is the capital and largest city of Yamagata Prefecture, with other major cities including Tsuruoka, Sakata, and Yonezawa. Yamagata Prefecture is located on Japan's western Sea of Japan coast and its borders with neighboring prefectures are formed by various mountain ranges, with 17% of its total land area being designated as Natural Parks. Yamagata Prefecture formed the southern half of the historic Dewa Province with Akita Prefecture and is home to the Three Mountains of Dewa, which includes the Haguro Five-story Pagoda, a recognised National Treasure of Japan. History The aboriginal people once inhabited the area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population Density
Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopulation Density Geography.about.com. March 2, 2011. Retrieved on December 10, 2011. In simple terms, population density refers to the number of people living in an area per square kilometre, or other unit of land area. Biological population densities Population density is population divided by total land area, sometimes including seas and oceans, as appropriate. Low densities may cause an extinction vortex and further reduce fertility. This is called the Allee effect after the scientist who identified it. Examples of the causes of reduced fertility in low population densities are * Increased problems with locating sexual mates * Increased inbreeding Human densities Population density is the number of people per unit of area, usuall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haguro, Yamagata
was a town located in Higashitagawa District, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 9,499 and a density of 86.66 persons per km². The total area was 109.61 km². On October 1, 2005, Haguro, along with the towns of Fujishima and Kushibiki, the village of Asahi (all from Higashitagawa District), and the town of Atsumi (from Nishitagawa District), was merged into the expanded city of Tsuruoka, and no longer exists as an independent municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go .... External links Tsuruoka official website Dissolved municipalities of Yamagata Prefecture Tsuruoka, Yamagata {{Yamagata-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kushibiki, Yamagata
was a town located in Higashitagawa District, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 8,213 and a density of 102.43 persons per km². The total area was 80.18 km². On October 1, 2005, Kushibiki, along with the towns of Fujishima and Haguro, the village of Asahi (all from Higashitagawa District), and the town of Atsumi (from Nishitagawa District), was merged into the expanded city of Tsuruoka, and no longer exists as an independent municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go .... External links Tsuruoka official website Dissolved municipalities of Yamagata Prefecture Tsuruoka, Yamagata {{Yamagata-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asahi, Yamagata (Higashitagawa)
was a List of villages of Japan, village located in Higashitagawa District, Yamagata, Higashitagawa District, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. The village was not related to the town of Asahi, Yamagata (Nishimurayama), Asahi in the same prefecture or the adjacent Asahi, Niigata, Asahi in Niigata Prefecture. On October 1, 2005, Asahi, along with the towns of Fujishima, Yamagata, Fujishima, Haguro, Yamagata, Haguro and Kushibiki, Yamagata, Kushibiki (all from Higashitagawa District, Yamagata, Higashitagawa District), and the town of Atsumi, Yamagata, Atsumi (from Nishitagawa District, Yamagata, Nishitagawa District), was merged into the expanded city of Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Tsuruoka, and no longer exists as an independent Municipalities of Japan, municipality. Asahi literally means "morning sun". The village is named after Asahi Mountains, which shine bright in the morning light. The village was established in 1954 by the merger of the villages of Oizumi, Hongo and Azuma. External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atsumi, Yamagata
was a town located in Nishitagawa District, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 9,921 and a density of 38.84 persons per km². The total area was 255.40 km². On 1 October 2005, Atsumi, along with the towns of Fujishima, Haguro and Kushibiki, and the village of Asahi (all from Higashitagawa District), was merged into the expanded city of Tsuruoka, and no longer exists as an independent municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go .... External links Tsuruoka official website Dissolved municipalities of Yamagata Prefecture Tsuruoka, Yamagata {{Yamagata-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nishitagawa District, Yamagata
was a district located in Yamagata, Japan. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 9,921 and a density of 38.84 persons per km2. The total area is 255.40 km2. The district dissolved when Atsumi become part of the new city of Tsuruoka is a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 125,389 in 49,024 households, and a population density of 95.74 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Tsuruoka is the biggest city in Tōhoku region ... on October 1, 2005. Towns and villages * Atsumi Former districts of Yamagata Prefecture {{Yamagata-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
is a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 125,389 in 49,024 households, and a population density of 95.74 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Tsuruoka is the biggest city in Tōhoku region in terms of surface area. Today's Tsuruoka is the result of the fusion of several neighborhoods around the center of the city such as Atsumi, Asahi, Fujishima, Kushibiki, and Haguro in 1953. Geography Tsuruoka is located on the coast of Yamagata Prefecture bordering the Sea of Japan and has some locally popular beaches such as Yunohama and Sanze. All three of the Three Mountains of Dewa are at least partially within the city limits. Two main rivers run through Tsuruoka, the Akagawa River (赤川, literally "Red River"), and the Mogami River. Neighboring municipalities *Yamagata Prefecture ** Sakata ** Shōnai ** Nishikawa ** Mikawa *Niigata Prefecture ** Murakami Climate Tsuruoka has a Humid continental climate (Köppen climate classif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
