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Higashishirakawa District, Fukushima
is a district located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 38,087 and a density of 61.34 persons per km2. The total area is 620.94 km2. Towns and villages *Hanawa * Tanagura *Yamatsuri 270px, Central Yamatsuri is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 5702 in 2095 households, and a population density of 48 persons per km². The total area of the town was . Geography Yamatsuri i ... * Samegawa Districts in Fukushima Prefecture {{Fukushima-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higashishirakawa District In Fukushima Prefecture
is a village located in Kamo District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 2,278 and a population density of 26 persons per km2, in 842 households. The total area of the village was . Higashishirakawa has been selected as one of The Most Beautiful Villages in Japan. Geography Higashishirakawa is located in the Mino-Mikawa Plateau of central Gifu Prefecture, surrounded by 1000-meter class mountains. Over 90% of the village area is forested. The town village has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild winters (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Higashishirakawa is 12.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2038 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 0.4 °C. Neighbouring municipalities *Gifu Prefecture **Nakatsugawa ** Shirakawa Demographics Per Japanese census dat ... [...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] |
Fukushima Prefecture
Fukushima Prefecture (; ja, 福島県, Fukushima-ken, ) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,810,286 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture to the north, Niigata Prefecture to the west, Gunma Prefecture to the southwest, and Tochigi Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture to the south. Fukushima is the capital and Iwaki is the largest city of Fukushima Prefecture, with other major cities including Kōriyama, Aizuwakamatsu, and Sukagawa. Fukushima Prefecture is located on Japan's eastern Pacific coast at the southernmost part of the Tōhoku region, and is home to Lake Inawashiro, the fourth-largest lake in Japan. Fukushima Prefecture is the third-largest prefecture of Japan (after Hokkaido and Iwate Prefecture) and divided by mountain ranges into the three regions of Aizu, Nakadōri, and Hamadōri. History Prehistory The keyhole-shaped Ōy ... [...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] |
Hanawa, Fukushima
270px, ''Tsurushi-Hina'' in Hanawa is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 8,369 in 3301 households, and a population density of 40 persons per km2. The total area of the town was . Geography Hanawa is located in the southernmost portion of Fukushima prefecture, bordering on Ibaraki Prefecture to the south. *Mountains: Yamizozan (1021.8m), Yoneyama *Rivers: Kuji River Climate Hanawa has a humid climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Hanawa is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . Neighboring municipalities * Fukushima Prefecture ** Tanagura ** Yamatsuri ** Samegawa *Ibaraki Prefecture ** Takahagi ** Kitaibaraki ** Hitachiōta Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Hanawa has been declining over the past 60 years. History Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanagura, Fukushima
file:Tanakura Castle hori.JPG, 270px, Site of Tanagura Castle is a Towns of Japan, town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 13,827 in 5053 households, and a population density of 86 persons per km². The total area of the town was . Geography Tanagura is located in the southernmost portion of Fukushima prefecture, bordering on Tochigi Prefecture to the west and Ibaraki Prefecture to the south. *Mountains: Yamizosan (1021.8m) *Rivers: Kuji River Neighboring municipalities * Fukushima Prefecture ** Shirakawa, Fukushima, Shirakawa ** Yamatsuri, Fukushima, Yamatsuri ** Samegawa, Fukushima, Samegawa ** Asakawa, Fukushima, Asakawa ** Hanawa, Fukushima, Hanawa *Ibaraki Prefecture ** Daigo, Ibaraki, Daigo *Tochigi Prefecture ** Ōtawara, Tochigi, Ōtawara ** Nasu, Tochigi, Nasu Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Tanagura was relatively constant throughout the late 20th century but has begun to decline in the 21st. Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamatsuri, Fukushima
270px, Central Yamatsuri is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 5702 in 2095 households, and a population density of 48 persons per km². The total area of the town was . Geography Yamatsuri is located in the southernmost portion of Fukushima prefecture, bordering on Ibaraki Prefecture to the south and Tochigi Prefecture to the west. . Mt. Yamatsuri is in the center of the town, and the Kuji River flows from north to south. To the east of the town are the Abukuma Mountains. *Mountains: Yamatsuriyama (382.7m), Yamizosan (1021.8m) *Rivers: Kuji River, Yamatsurigawa Neighboring municipalities * Fukushima Prefecture ** Tanagura ** Hanawa *Ibaraki Prefecture ** Daigo ** Hitachiōta Climate Yamatsuri has a humid climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Yamatsuri is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samegawa, Fukushima
is a village located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 3,081 in 1107 households, and a population density of 23 persons per km2. The total area of the village was . Geography Samegawa is located in the southernmost portion of Fukushima prefecture, bordering on Ibaraki Prefecture to the southeast. The area of the village is hilly with an altitude of between 400 and 600 meters, and over fifty percent covered in forest. Samegawa has a humid climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Samegawa is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. Neighboring municipalities * Fukushima Prefecture ** Iwaki ** Hanawa ** Tanagura ** Ishikawa ** Asakawa ** Furudono *Ibaraki Prefecture ** Kitaibaraki Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Samegawa peaked around the year 1950 and has been in decline over the past 70 years. Climate Samegawa has a humid climate ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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