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Kuga, Yamaguchi
was a town located in Kuga District, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 11,360 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 489.66 persons per km². The total area was 23.20 km². On March 20, 2006, Kuga, along with the towns of Mikawa, Miwa, Nishiki, Shūtō and Yū, and the village of Hongō (all from Kuga District), was merged into the expanded city of Iwakuni. External links Iwakuni official website Dissolved municipalities of Yamaguchi Prefecture {{Yamaguchi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Kuga District, Yamaguchi
is a district located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Tsugumasa Muraoka is the Governor of Yamaguchi over seeing the Kuga District. At the 2005 Census, the district had an estimated population of 6,442. The total area is 10.56 km2. The district has one town. * Waki District Timeline *April 1, 1951-The village of Mikawa gained town status. *April 1, 1971-The village of Obatake gained town status. *April 1, 1973-The village of Waki gained town status. *February 21, 2005-The town of Ōbatake merged with the old city of Yanai to form the new city of Yanai. *March 20, 2006-The towns of Kuga, Mikawa, Miwa, Nishiki, Shūtō and Yū, and the village of Hongō merged with the old city of Iwakuni to form the new city of Iwakuni is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. History Iwakuni was formerly the castle town of the Iwakuni han, which was formed by Lord Hiroie Kikkawa after he was banished there for supporting the defeated shōgun. The Kikkawa clan ruled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamaguchi Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Yamaguchi Prefecture has a population of 1,377,631 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 6,112 Square kilometre, km2 (2,359 Square mile, sq mi). Yamaguchi Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture to the north and Hiroshima Prefecture to the northeast. Yamaguchi (city), Yamaguchi is the capital and Shimonoseki is the largest city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, with other major cities including Ube, Yamaguchi, Ube, Shūnan, and Iwakuni. Yamaguchi Prefecture is located at the western tip of Honshu with coastlines on the Sea of Japan and Seto Inland Sea, and separated from the island of Kyushu by the Kanmon Straits. History Yamaguchi Prefecture was created by the merger of the provinces of Suō Province, Suō and Nagato Province, Nagato. During the rise of the samurai class during the Heian period, Heian and Kamakura period, Kamakura Periods (794–1333), the Ouchi family of Suō Province a ... [...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] |
Mikawa, Yamaguchi
was a town located in Kuga District, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 1,714 and a density of 22.60 persons per km². The total area was 75.85 km². On March 20, 2006, Mikawa, along with the towns of Kuga, Miwa, Nishiki, Shūtō and Yū, and the village of Hongō (all from Kuga District), was merged into the expanded city of Iwakuni is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. History Iwakuni was formerly the castle town of the Iwakuni han, which was formed by Lord Hiroie Kikkawa after he was banished there for supporting the defeated shōgun. The Kikkawa clan ruled .... External links Iwakuni official website Dissolved municipalities of Yamaguchi Prefecture {{Yamaguchi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miwa, Yamaguchi
was a town located in Kuga District, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,062 and a density of 39.69 persons per km2. The total area was 127.53 km2. On March 20, 2006, Miwa, along with the towns of Kuga, Mikawa, Nishiki, Shūtō and Yū, and the village of Hongō (all from Kuga District), was merged into the expanded city of Iwakuni is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. History Iwakuni was formerly the castle town of the Iwakuni han, which was formed by Lord Hiroie Kikkawa after he was banished there for supporting the defeated shōgun. The Kikkawa clan ruled .... Dissolved municipalities of Yamaguchi Prefecture {{Yamaguchi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nishiki, Yamaguchi
was a town located in Kuga District, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,042 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 19.22 persons per km2. The total area was 210.32 km2. On March 20, 2006, Nishiki, along with the towns of Kuga, Mikawa, Miwa, Shūtō and Yū, and the village of Hongō (all from Kuga District), was merged into the expanded city of Iwakuni. External links Iwakuni official website Dissolved municipalities of Yamaguchi Prefecture {{Yamaguchi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shūtō, Yamaguchi
was a town located in Kuga District, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 14,396 and a density of 99.96 persons per km². The total area was 144.02 km². On March 20, 2006, Shūtō, along with the towns of Kuga, Mikawa, Miwa, Nishiki and Yū, and the village of Hongō (all from Kuga District), was merged into the expanded city of Iwakuni is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. History Iwakuni was formerly the castle town of the Iwakuni han, which was formed by Lord Hiroie Kikkawa after he was banished there for supporting the defeated shōgun. The Kikkawa clan ruled .... External links Iwakuni official website Dissolved municipalities of Yamaguchi Prefecture {{Yamaguchi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yū, Yamaguchi
was a List of towns in Japan, town located in Kuga District, Yamaguchi, Kuga District, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 9,519 and a population density, density of 326.22 persons per km². The total area was 29.18 km². On March 20, 2006, Yū, along with the towns of Kuga, Yamaguchi, Kuga, Mikawa, Yamaguchi, Mikawa, Miwa, Yamaguchi, Miwa, Nishiki, Yamaguchi, Nishiki and Shūtō, Yamaguchi, Shūtō, and the village of Hongō, Yamaguchi, Hongō (all from Kuga District, Yamaguchi, Kuga District), was merged into the expanded city of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Iwakuni. Sports The town is home to Hiroshima Toyo Carp's minor league team. The team's ball park, Yuu Baseball Ground is located approximately southwest of Iwakuni. References External links Iwakuni official website Dissolved municipalities of Yamaguchi Prefecture {{Yamaguchi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hongō, Yamaguchi
was a village located in Kuga District, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,330 and a density of 32.96 persons per km². The total area was 40.35 km². On March 20, 2006, Hongō, along with the towns of Kuga, Mikawa, Miwa, Nishiki, Shūtō and Yū (all from Kuga District), was merged into the expanded city of Iwakuni is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. History Iwakuni was formerly the castle town of the Iwakuni han, which was formed by Lord Hiroie Kikkawa after he was banished there for supporting the defeated shōgun. The Kikkawa clan ruled .... It was the last remaining village within Yamaguchi Prefecture. External links Iwakuni official website Dissolved municipalities of Yamaguchi Prefecture {{Yamaguchi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
