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Minamimatsuura District, Nagasaki
is a district located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of January 1, 2009 the district has an estimated population of 22,893 and a density of 107 persons per km2. The total area is 213.97 km2. It forms part of the Gotō Islands. Towns and villages * Shinkamigotō Mergers *On August 1, 2004 the city of Fukue and the towns of Kishiku, Miiraku, Naru, Tamanoura and Tomie merged to form the city of Gotō. *On August 1, 2004 the towns of Arikawa Arikawa (written 有川) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese writer *, Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese ice dancer *, Japanese aikidoka *, Japanese politician {{surname Japanese-language surnames ..., Kamigotō, Narao, Shin'uonome and Wakamatsu merged to form the new town of Shinkamigotō. Districts in Nagasaki Prefecture {{Nagasaki-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotō, Nagasaki
is a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It comprises the south-west half of the Gotō Islands plus (uninhabited) Danjo and Hizen Torishima archipelagos in the East China Sea. Although the core islands of the city lay some 100 kilometers from Nagasaki, the other archipelagos lay 60 km further to South-West. The city consists of 11 inhabited and 52 uninhabited islands. The three main islands of the city are Fukue, Hisaka, and Naru. As of March 31, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 37,775 and a population density of 90 persons per km2. The total area is 420.81 km2. History The area which is now Gotō City was a port of call on the trade route between Japan and Tang Dynasty China in the Nara period. Noted Buddhist prelate Kukai stopped at Gotō in 806. The islands came under the control of the Gotō clan from the Muromachi period and was the location of intense European missionary activity in the late 16th century, which converted most of the population t ... [...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] |
