Hotaka, Nagano
was a town located in Minamiazumi District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 31,980 and a density of 219.91 persons per km². The total area was 145.42 km². On October 1, 2005, Hotaka, along with the town of Akashina (from Higashichikuma District), the town of Toyoshina, and the villages of Horigane and Misato (all from Minamiazumi District), was merged to create the city of Azumino is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 97,761 in 39744 households. and a population density of 290 persons per km2. Its total area is . Etymology of Azumino Azumino is a combination of two wo .... External links Azumino official website Dissolved municipalities of Nagano Prefecture Azumino, Nagano {{Nagano-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Azumino City Hotaka Branch Office
is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 97,761 in 39744 households. and a population density of 290 persons per km2. Its total area is . Etymology of Azumino Azumino is a combination of two words, "Azumi" and "no". "Azumi" comes from the Azumi people, who are said to have moved to the "no" (plain) in ancient times. The Azumi people originally lived in northern Kyushu, and were famed for their skills in fishing and navigation. "The Azumi people" can be translated as "the people who live on the sea." The reason why the seafaring people migrated to this mountainous region is a mystery. Geography Azumino is located in the Azumino Plateau on the northwestern end of the Matsumoto Basin, between mountain ranges to the west and east. The range of mountains on the western border is known as the Northern Alps (Hida Mountains) and is popular among hikers all over Japan. To the south is the city of Matsumoto, Nagano prefecture's second larg ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Towns In Japan
A town (町; ''chō'' or ''machi'') is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture (''ken'' or other equivalents), city (''shi''), and village (''mura''). Geographically, a town is contained within a district. Note that the same word (町; ''machi'' or ''chō'') is also used in names of smaller regions, usually a part of a 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 The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. When written in Japanese characters, addresses start with the largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. When written in Latin characters, ad ... 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>">DF_7_of_4 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Minamiazumi District, Nagano
was a district located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 99,785 and a density of 117.22 persons per km2. The total area was 851.25 km2. Until September 30, 2005 the district had only four municipalities left the day before the district dissolved: * Horigane * Hotaka * Misato * Toyoshina On October 1, 2005, the towns of Hotaka and Toyoshina, and the villages of Horigane and Misato, along with the town of Akashina (from Higashichikuma District) were merged to create the city of Azumino. Minamiazumi District was dissolved as a result of this merger. Timeline *1878 - Founded after Azumi District split into Minamiazumi and Kitaazumi Districts. *April 1, 2005 - The villages of Nagawa, Azumi and Azusagawa merged into the city of Matsumoto. *October 1, 2005 - The towns of Hotaka and Toyoshina, and the villages of Horigane and Misato, along with the town of Akashina (from Higashichikuma District) were merged to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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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]   |
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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]   |
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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]   |
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Akashina, Nagano
was a town located in Higashichikuma District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 9,556 and a density of 226.88 persons per km². The total area was 42.12 km². On October 1, 2005, Akashina, along with the towns of Hotaka and Toyoshina, and the villages of Horigane and Misato (all from Minamiazumi District), was merged to create the city of Azumino is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 97,761 in 39744 households. and a population density of 290 persons per km2. Its total area is . Etymology of Azumino Azumino is a combination of two wo .... Dissolved municipalities of Nagano Prefecture Azumino, Nagano {{Nagano-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Toyoshina, Nagano
former Toyoshina town hall, now the Azumino City Toyoshina Branch was a town located in Minamiazumi District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 27,546 and a density of 704.32 persons per km². The total area is 39.11 km². On October 1, 2005, Toyoshina, along with the town of Akashina (from Higashichikuma District), the town of Hotaka, and the villages of Horigane and Misato (all from Minamiazumi District), was merged to create the city of Azumino. The name Toyoshina is an acronym An acronym is a word or name formed from the initial components of a longer name or phrase. Acronyms are usually formed from the initial letters of words, as in ''NATO'' (''North Atlantic Treaty Organization''), but sometimes use syllables, as ... of the four antecedent villages: Toba, Yoshino, Shinden, and Nariai. Dissolved municipalities of Nagano Prefecture Azumino, Nagano {{Nagano-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Horigane, Nagano
former Horigane village hall was a village located in Minamiazumi District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 8,768 and a density of 134.98 persons per km². The total area was 64.96 km². On October 1, 2005, Horigane, along with the town of Akashina (from Higashichikuma District), the towns of Hotaka and Toyoshina, and the village of Misato (all from Minamiazumi District), was merged to create the city of Azumino is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 97,761 in 39744 households. and a population density of 290 persons per km2. Its total area is . Etymology of Azumino Azumino is a combination of two wo .... Dissolved municipalities of Nagano Prefecture Azumino, Nagano {{Nagano-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Misato, Nagano
former Misato Town Hall was a village located in Minamiazumi District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 17,120 and a density of 425.76 persons per km². The total area was 40.21 km². On October 1, 2005, Misato, was merged with the town of Akashina (from Higashichikuma District), the towns of Hotaka and Toyoshina, and the village of Horigane (all from Minamiazumi District), was merged to create the city of Azumino is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 97,761 in 39744 households. and a population density of 290 persons per km2. Its total area is . Etymology of Azumino Azumino is a combination of two wo .... External links Azumino official website Dissolved municipalities of Nagano Prefecture Azumino, Nagano {{Nagano-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |