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Haga District, Tochigi
is a district located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2011, the district has an estimated population of 66,852 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 169 persons per km2. The total area is 396,72 km2. Towns and villages * Haga * Ichikai * Mashiko * Motegi Merger *On March 23, 2009, the town of Ninomiya was merged into the city of Mōka. References Districts in Tochigi Prefecture {{Tochigi-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] |
Tochigi Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Tochigi Prefecture has a population of 1,943,886 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,408 Square kilometre, km2 (2,474 Square mile, sq mi). Tochigi Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the west, Saitama Prefecture to the south, and Ibaraki Prefecture to the southeast. Utsunomiya is the capital and largest city of Tochigi Prefecture, with other major cities including Oyama, Tochigi, Oyama, Tochigi, Tochigi, Tochigi, and Ashikaga, Tochigi, Ashikaga. Tochigi Prefecture is one of only eight landlocked prefectures and its mountainous northern region is a popular tourist region in Japan. The Nasu District, Tochigi, Nasu area is known for its onsens, local sake, and Skiing, ski resorts, the villa of the Imperial House of Japan, Imperial Family, and the station of the Shinkansen railway line. The city of Nikkō, Tochigi, Nikkō, with its ancient Shinto s ... [...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] |
Haga, Tochigi
is a town in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 15,661 in 5,658 households, and a population density of 220 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . . Geography Haga is located in southeastern Tochigi Prefecture. The river Gogyō, a tributary of the river Kokaigawa flows through Haga. Surrounding municipalities Tochigi Prefecture * Utsunomiya * Mooka * Ichikai * Takanezawa Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Haga has declined in recent decades. History Ubagai, Minatakazeawa and Mizuhashi villages were created within Haga District on 1 April 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. Ubagai was elevated to town status on 1 November 1928. Ubagai merged with Minatakanezawa and Mizuhashi to form Haga on 31 March 1954. Government Haga has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 13 members. Haga, together with the other municipalities in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichikai, Tochigi
is a town located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 11,684 in 4507 households, and a population density of 180 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Ichikai is located in eastern Tochigi Prefecture. Surrounding municipalities Tochigi Prefecture * Mooka * Nasukarasuyama * Mashiko * Motegi * Haga * Takanezawa Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Ichikai has remained relatively steady over the past 30 years. History Ichihane and Kokai villages were created within Haga District on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. The two villages merged to form Ichikai village on May 3, 1954. Ichikai was elevated to town status on January 1, 1972. Government Ichikai has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 12 members. Ichikai, together with the other municipalities in Haga District collectively contributes two memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mashiko, Tochigi
270px, Kiln in Mashiko is a town located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 21,841 in 7914 households, and a population density of 240 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Mashiko is known for its pottery, called . Geography Mashiko is located in the far southeast corner of Tochigi Prefecture. Surrounding municipalities Tochigi Prefecture * Mooka * Ichikai * Motegi Ibaraki Prefecture * Sakuragawa Climate Mashiko has a Humid continental climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cold winters with little snowfall. The average annual temperature in Mashiko is 13.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1378 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 30-36 °C, and lowest in January, at around -6 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Mashiko peaked around the year 2000 and has declined since. History Mashiko d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motegi, Tochigi
is a town located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 11,777 in 4503 households, and a population density of 68 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Motegi is located on the far eastern border of Tochigi Prefecture. Surrounding municipalities Tochigi Prefecture * Nasukarasuyama * Mashiko * Ichikai Ibaraki Prefecture * Hitachiōmiya * Kasama * Sakuragawa * Shirosato Climate Motegi has a Humid continental climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Motegi is 13.1 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1410 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.0 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Motegi peaked in the 1950s and has declined steadily over the past 70 years. It is now less than half wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninomiya, Tochigi
was a town located in Haga District, lying in the extreme south-east of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2006, the town had an estimated population of 16,765 and a density of 300.52 persons per km2. The total area is 55.45 km2, spanning 14 km east–west and 9 km north–south at its widest points. On March 23, 2009, Ninomiya was merged into the expanded city of Mo'oka. Ninomiya commonly means "the second shrine" of the province, but this town is named after an 18th-century hero, Ninomiya Sontoku. There is a museum dedicated to the town's namesake in the area of Ninomiya known as Monobe. The town of Ninomiya was formed in 1955 when the town of Kugeta (久下田) and the two villages of Monobe (物部) and Naganuma (長沼) merged to form a single administrative area. The train station (serving the Mooka Line) still bears the name of Kugeta. A popular tourist attraction is the local steam train A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the forc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mooka, Tochigi
270px, Moka Station is a city located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 78,720 in 30203 households, and a population density of 476 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Moka is known for the Mooka Railway, which operates steam locomotives. The train line stretches from Shimodate, Ibaraki Prefecture to Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture. The town produces 7,000 tons of strawberries annually. The name of the city is given as "Moka City" per the city's official website; however, the local train station is "Mōka Station", and the direct transliteration of the city name into Hepburn romanization is "Mooka". Geography Mooka is located in southeast Tochigi Prefecture. It is located approximately 100 kilometer from Tokyo metropolis and 15 kilometers from the prefectural capital of Utsunomiya Surrounding municipalities Tochigi Prefecture * Utsunomiya * Oyama * Shimotsuke * Haga * Ichikai * Mashiko * Kaminokawa Ibaraki Prefecture * Chik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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