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Funai District, Kyoto
is a district located in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 2006, the district has an estimated population of 17,945 and a density of 59 persons per km2. The total area is 303.07 km2. Towns and villages * Kyōtamba Mergers *On October 11, 2005 the towns of Tanba, Mizuho and Wachi merged to form the new town of Kyōtamba. *On January 1, 2006 the towns of Hiyoshi, Sonobe and Yagi merged with the town of Miyama, from Kitakuwada District, to form the new city of Nantan Nantan may refer to: *Nantan, Kyoto, Japan * Nantan, Shwegu, Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English .... Districts in Kyoto Prefecture {{Kyoto-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Japan
In Japan, a is composed of one or more rural municipalities (Towns of Japan, towns or Villages of Japan, villages) within a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture. Districts have no governing function, and are only used for geographic or statistical purposes such as mailing addresses. Cities of Japan, Cities are not part of districts. Historically, districts have at times functioned as an administrative unit in Japan, administrative unit. From 1878 to 1921The governing law, the district code (''gunsei'', 郡制Entry for the 1890 originalanentry for the revised 1899 ''gunsei''in the National Diet Library ''Nihon hōrei sakuin''/"Index of Japanese laws and ordinances"), was abolished in 1921, but the district assemblies (''gunkai'', 郡会) existed until 1923, the district chiefs (''gunchō'', 郡長) and district offices (''gun-yakusho'', 郡役所) until 1926. district governments were roughly equivalent to a County (United States), county of the United States, ranking below Prefectu ... [...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] |
Kyōtamba, Kyoto
is a town located in Funai District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 13,195 in 6188 households and a population density of 44 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Its name comes from the first syllable of ''Kyōto'' and the former town of ''Tamba'', a namesake of the historic Tanba Province. Geography Kyōtamba is located between the Fukuchiyama basin and the Kameoka basins in the central part of the Tamba region in central Kyoto Prefecture. the southern part of the town is the watershed between the Yodo River system and the Yura River systems. Neighbouring municipalities Kyoto Prefecture * Ayabe * Fukuchiyama * Nantan Hyōgo Prefecture * Sasayama Climate Kyōtamba has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kyōtamba is 13.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1771 mm with September as the wettest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanba, Kyoto
was a town located in Funai District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 8,516 and a density of 114.94 persons per km2. The total area was 74.09 km2. On October 11, 2005, Tanba, along with the towns of Mizuho Mizuho () literally means "abundant rice" in Japanese and "harvest" in the figurative sense. It was also an ancient name of Japan. It might refer to: Places * Mizuho, Gifu, a city in Gifu * Mizuho, Tokyo, a town in Tokyo * Mizuho Plateau in Ant ... and Wachi (all from Funai District), was merged to create the town of Kyōtamba. External links Official website of Kyotamba Dissolved municipalities of Kyoto Prefecture Kyōtamba, Kyoto {{Kyoto-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mizuho, Kyoto
was a town located in Funai District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,987 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematical ... of 45.45 persons per km2. The total area was 109.73 km2. On October 11, 2005, Mizuho, along with the towns of Tanba and Wachi (all from Funai District), was merged to create the town of Kyōtamba. The Tamba region, in which Mizuho (now Kyōtamba) is located, is known for its kuri (chestnuts), matsutake mushrooms, and kuromame (black beans). Mizuho is home to Kyoto prefecture's largest limestone cave and Greenland Mizuho, a sports park and camping area. Every year the town hosts various events, including a summer fireworks show and festival on August 17, the Kyōtamba Road Race on Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wachi, Kyoto
was a town located in Funai District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 3,829 and a density of 32.11 persons per km2. The total area was 119.25 km2. On October 11, 2005, Wachi, along with the towns of Tamba and Mizuho Mizuho () literally means "abundant rice" in Japanese and "harvest" in the figurative sense. It was also an ancient name of Japan. It might refer to: Places * Mizuho, Gifu, a city in Gifu * Mizuho, Tokyo, a town in Tokyo * Mizuho Plateau in Ant ... (all from Funai District), was merged to create the town of Kyōtamba. Schools Wachi has one elementary school (Wachi Elementary) and one middle school (Wachi Middle School). As of 2010, Wachi Middle School had 97 students. Transportation Wachi has three train stations, Wachi Station, Aseri Station, and Tachiki Station. Trains pass through Wachi about once every hour. External links Official website of merged municipalities Dissolved municipalities of Kyoto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiyoshi, Kyoto
was a town located in Funai District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 6,090 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematical ... of 49.31 persons per km². The total area was 123.50 km². On January 1, 2006, Hiyoshi, along with the towns of Sonobe, Kyoto, Sonobe and Yagi, Kyoto, Yagi (all from Funai District), and the town of Miyama, Kyoto, Miyama (from Kitakuwada District, Kyoto, Kitakuwada District), was merged to create the city of Nantan, Kyoto, Nantan. External links Official website of Nantan Dissolved municipalities of Kyoto Prefecture Populated places disestablished in 2006 2006 disestablishments in Japan Nantan, Kyoto {{Kyoto-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonobe, Kyoto
was a town located in Funai District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 16,958 and a population density of 164.99 people per km². The total area was 102.78 km². On January 1 2006, Sonobe, along with the towns of Hiyoshi and Yagi (all from Funai District), and the town of Miyama (from Kitakuwada District), was merged to create the city of Nantan. Sonobe served as the administrative center of Nantan. It is the birthplace and home town of the video game designer and Nintendo's representative director Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese video game designer, producer and game director at Nintendo, where he serves as one of its representative directors. Widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential designers in the history of video games, he is .... Gallery Image:Sonobe Sunset from Sonobe Ohashi.JPG, Sonobe Sunset External links Official website of Nantan {{Authority control Populated places disestablishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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