Kanzaki District, Saga
is a district located in Saga Prefecture, Japan. As of February 1, 2009 the district has an estimated population of 16,308 and a density of 371 persons per km2. The total area is 43.94 km2. Municipalities *Yoshinogari Yoshinogari may refer to: * Yoshinogari, Saga, a town in Japan * Yoshinogari site, a prehistoric site located in Yoshinogari, Saga, Japan {{geodis ..., whose borders are effectively the same as Kanzaki District's. History {{authority control Districts in Saga Prefecture ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yoshinogari In Saga Prefecture Ja , a prehistoric site located in Yoshinogari, Saga, Japan
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Yoshinogari may refer to: * Yoshinogari, Saga, a town in Japan * Yoshinogari site is a large and complex Yayoi archaeological site in Yoshinogari and Kanzaki in Saga Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. According to the Yayoi chronology established by pottery seriations in the 20th century, Yoshinogari dates to between the 3rd cent ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Saga Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of roughly 780,000 and has a geographic area of . Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasaki Prefecture to the southwest. Saga (city), Saga is the capital and largest city of Saga Prefecture, with other major cities including Karatsu, Saga, Karatsu, Tosu, Saga, Tosu, and Imari, Saga, Imari. Saga Prefecture is located in the northwest of Kyūshū covering an isthmus-like area extending between the Sea of Japan and the Ariake Sea. Saga Prefecture's western region is known for the production of Ceramic art, ceramics and porcelain, particularly in the towns of Karatsu, Imari, and Arita, Saga, Arita. History In ancient times, the area composed by Nagasaki Prefecture and Saga Prefecture was called Hizen Province. The current name dates from the Meiji Restoration. Rice farming culture has prospered here since ancient times, and vestiges can ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and List of islands of Japan, thousands of smaller islands, covering . Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and List of cities in Japan, its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the List of largest cities, largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 Prefectures of Japan, administrative prefectures and List of regions of Japan, eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of Geography of Japan, the countr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, Race (human categorization), race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of Sexual reproduction, interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Population Density
Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), 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. 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, usually transcribed as "per square kilometre" or square mile, and which may include or exclude, for example, ar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yoshinogari, Saga
270px, Yoshinogari ruins, after which the town is named is a town located in Kanzaki District, Saga Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 16,161 in 6,792 households, and a population density of 370 people per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Yoshinogari is located in the northern part of Saga Prefecture. It is about north of Saga City and about south of Fukuoka. Yoshinogari is very narrow north to south. The southern part contains the northern end of the Chikushi Plains (part of the Saga Plains), and north of the Nagasaki Expressway is the southern end of the Sefuri Mountains. Adjoining municipalities Fukuoka Prefecture * Fukuoka City, Sawara Ward * Nakagawa Saga Prefecture * Kamimine * Kanzaki * Miyaki Climate Yoshinogari has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Yoshinogari is 15.6 °C. The average annual rainfa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kanzaki, Saga
is a city located in Saga Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 30,329 in 12,440 households, and a population density of 240 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Kanzaki is located approximately 10 kilometers northeast of the center of Saga City, and has a long and narrow city area from north to south. The northern part is located in the Sefuri Mountains. The southern part of the city is located in the Saga Plain on the north bank of the Chikugo River, and the Jōbaru River runs through the middle portion of the city. In addition, the southeastern part borders Kurume, Fukuoka, across the Chikugo River. *Mountains: Mount Sefuri (1055 m), Mt. Doki (Mt. Hatten, 430 m) *Rivers: Chikugo River, Jōbaru River, Tade River, Sanbonmatsu River Adjoining municipalities Fukuoka Prefecture *Kurume * Ōkawa * Sawara Ward, Fukuoka City Saga Prefecture * Miyaki *Saga * Yoshinogari Climate Kanzaki has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cf ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sefuri, Saga
was a village located in Kanzaki District, Saga Prefecture, Japan. Population As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,941 and a population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), 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 geog ... of 31.86 persons per km2. The total area was 60.93 km2. History On March 20, 2006, Sefuri, along with the towns of Kanzaki (former) and Chiyoda (all from Kanzaki District), was merged to create the city of Kanzaki. References Dissolved municipalities of Saga Prefecture Kanzaki, Saga {{Saga-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chiyoda, Saga
was a town located in the Kanzaki District of Saga Prefecture, on the island of Kyūshū, Japan. The status of this municipality was changed from a village to a town on April 1, 1965. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 11,924 and a population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), 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 geog ... of 481.39 persons per km2. The total area is 24.77 km2. On March 20, 2006, Chiyoda, along with the town of Kanzaki (former), and the village of Sefuri (all from Kanzaki District), was merged to create the city of Kanzaki. References Dissolved municipalities of Saga Prefecture Kanzaki, Saga {{Saga-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saga, Saga
file:Saga city office.JPG, 270px, Saga City Hall is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Saga Prefecture, located on the island of Kyushu, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 227,138 in 104354 households, and a population density of 530 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Saga City is located in the southeast portion of Saga Prefecture. After the 2005 merger the city became very long north to south. It now borders the Ariake Sea to the south and Fukuoka Prefecture to the southeast and north. The northern half of the city is mountainous and undulating, and is part of the Mount Sefuri, Sefuri Mountains, which are part of the Chikushi Mountains that run east to west through northern Kyushu. The southern half of the city is the Saga Plain, which is part of the western part of the Chikushi Plain that stretches along the north shore of the Ariake Sea, and is a low-lying area with almost no undulations. The urban area is located near the center of the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mitsuse, Saga
was a village located in Kanzaki District, Saga Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,578 and a density of 38.77 persons per km2. The total area is 40.70 km2. On October 1, 2005, Mitsue, along the towns of Fuji, Morodomi and Yamato (all from Saga District), was merged into the expanded city of Saga. Mitsuse is known for its greenery, cuisine, ''onsen In Japan, are hot springs and the bathing facilities and Ryokan (inn), traditional inns around them. There are approximately 25,000 hot spring sources throughout Japan, and approximately 3,000 ''onsen'' establishments use naturally hot water ...'', a dam, the Hokuzan Country Club, and various other outdoor activities. References Dissolved municipalities of Saga Prefecture Saga (city) {{Saga-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |