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Honjō, Nagano
was a village located in Higashichikuma District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 2,148 and a density of 66.46 persons per km². The total area was 32.32 km². On October 11, 2005, Honjō, along with the villages of Sakai is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the medieval era. Sakai is known for its keyhole-shaped burial mounds, or kofun, which date from the fifth century and incl ... and Sakakita (all from Higashichikuma District), was merged to create the village of Chikuhoku. Dissolved municipalities of Nagano Prefecture Chikuhoku, Nagano {{Nagano-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Villages In Japan
A is a Local government, local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with , , and . Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture. It is larger than an actual settlement, being in actuality a subdivision of a rural , which are subdivided into towns and villages with no overlap and no uncovered area. As a result of merger and dissolution of municipalities of Japan, mergers and elevation to higher statuses, the number of villages in Japan is decreasing. Currently, 13 prefectures no longer have any villages: Tochigi Prefecture, Tochigi (since March 20, 2006), Fukui Prefecture, Fukui (since March 3, 2006), Ishikawa Prefecture, Ishikawa (since March 1, 2005), Shizuoka Prefecture, Shizuoka (since July 1, 2005), Hyōgo Prefecture, Hyōgo (since April 1, 1999), Mie Prefecture, Mie (since November 1, 2005), Shiga Prefecture, Shiga (since January 1, 2005), Hiroshima Prefecture, Hiroshima (since November 5, 2004), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Yamag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higashichikuma District, Nagano
is a district located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of October 1, 2011, the district has an estimated population of 23,044. The total area is 268.42 km2. Northern Higashichikuma is increasing its population, while the Southern Higashichikuma is decreasing. The district has a sister city relationship with the city of Chuncheon in South Korea. There are five villages within the district. *Asahi * Chikuhoku * Ikusaka * Omi * Yamagata History *April 1, 1959 - The town of Shiojiri and the villages of Kataoka, Hirooka, Souga, and Chikumaji merged to form the city of Shiojiri. *June 28, 1961 - The village of Seba merged into the city of Shiojiri. *April 1, 1973 - The village of Hata gained town status. *May 1, 1974 - The village of Hongo merged into the city of Matsumoto. *April 1, 2005 - The village of Shiga merged into the city of Matsumoto. *October 1, 2005- The town of Akashina merged with the towns of Hotaka and Toyoshina, and the villages of Horigane and Misato, from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagano Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the northeast, Saitama Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the southeast, Shizuoka Prefecture and Aichi Prefecture to the south, and Gifu Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture to the west. Nagano is the capital and largest city of Nagano Prefecture, with other major cities including Matsumoto, Ueda, and Iida. Nagano Prefecture has impressive highland areas of the Japanese Alps, including most of the Hida Mountains, Kiso Mountains, and Akaishi Mountains which extend into the neighbouring prefectures. The abundance of mountain ranges, natural scenic beauty, and rich history has gained Nagano Prefecture international recognition as a world-class winter sports tourist destination, including hosting the 1998 Winter Olympics and a new ... [...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] |
Sakai, Nagano
was a village located in Higashichikuma District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,588 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 42.45 persons per km2. The total area was 37.41 km2. On October 11, 2005, Sakai, along with the villages of Honjō and Sakakita (all from Higashichikuma District), were merged to create the village of Chikuhoku. Dissolved municipalities of Nagano Prefecture Chikuhoku, Nagano {{Nagano-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakakita, Nagano
was a village located in Higashichikuma District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 2,139 and a density of 71.85 persons per km². The total area was 29.77 km². On October 11, 2005, Sakakita, along with the villages of Honjō and Sakai is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the medieval era. Sakai is known for its keyhole-shaped burial mounds, or kofun, which date from the fifth century and incl ... (all from Higashichikuma District), was merged to create the village of Chikuhoku. Dissolved municipalities of Nagano Prefecture Chikuhoku, Nagano {{Nagano-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chikuhoku, Nagano
is a village located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 4,688 in 1873 households, and a population density of 47 persons per km2. The total area of the village is . Geography Chikuhoku is located in the center of Nagano Prefecture in the Matsumoto Basin. Higashijo Dam and Onikuma Dam are located in Chikuhoku. Climate The village has a climate characterized by characterized by cool and humid summers, and cold winters (Köppen climate classification ''Dfa''. The average annual temperature in Chikuhoku is 9.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1227 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around -3.0 °C. Surrounding municipalities *Nagano Prefecture ** Matsumoto ** Azumino ** Nagano ** Chikuma ** Ueda ** Aoki ** Omi ** Ikusaka Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Chikuhoku has decreased by more th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dissolved Municipalities Of Nagano Prefecture
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