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Nishikawa, Yamagata
file:SagaeDamLake2.JPG, 270px, Sagae Dam Reservoir is a Towns of Japan, town located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 5,225 in 1851 households, and a population density of 145.1 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Nishikawa is located in mountainous central Yamagata and includes Mount Gassan and Mount Asahi (Yamagata), Mount Asahi within its borders. The Sagae River passes through the town. Part of the town is within the borders of the Bandai-Asahi National Park. Neighboring municipalities *Yamagata Prefecture **Sagae, Yamagata, Sagae **Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Tsuruoka **Ōe, Yamagata, Ōe **Asahi, Yamagata, Asahi **Oguni, Yamagata, Oguni **Shōnai, Yamagata, Shōnai **Ōkura, Yamagata, Ōkura *Niigata Prefecture **Murakami, Niigata, Murakami Climate Nishikawa has a Humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dfb'') with large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns Of 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] |
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] |
Murakami, Niigata
is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 58,300 in 22,594 households, and a population density of 50 persons per km². The total area of the city was . Geography Murakami is northernmost and easternmost city of Niigata prefecture, and is located on the Sea of Japan coast, bordered by Yamagata Prefecture to the north and east. In terms of area, it is the largest in the prefecture. Surrounding municipalities *Niigata Prefecture **Tainai ** Sekikawa *Yamagata Prefecture **Tsuruoka ** Nishikawa ** Oguni Climate Murakami has a Humid climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Murakami is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Murakami has declined steadily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōkura, Yamagata
270px, Hijiri onsen in Ōkura is a village in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of January 2020, the village has an estimated population of 3044, and a population density of 14 persons per km2. The total area is . Geography Ōkura is located in a mountainous north-central eastern Yamagata Prefecture, and includes Mount Gassan within its borders. The Mogami River runs through the village. The area is known for extremely heavy snows in winter. Its highest accumulation of snow recorded is 414 cm, second place in Japan after Sukayu Onsen in Aomori. Snow typically starts in November, and starts piling up on the ground by early December. The snow will usually stop by early May, but will not completely melt until mid-June. Similar to Sukayu Onsen, snowfalls of 50 to 100 cm in a single day are not uncommon at all. Neighboring municipalities *Yamagata Prefecture ** Shinjō ** Murayama **Sagae ** Funagata ** Tozawa ** Shōnai ** Nishikawa Demographics Per Japanese census data, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōnai, Yamagata
is a Towns of Japan, town located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. , the town has an estimated population of 20,940 in 7108 households, and a population density of 87.5 per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Shōnai is located in the coastal plains of north-central Yamagata Prefecture. The Mogami River flows through the town. Mount Gassan, the highest of the Three Mountains of Dewa is at the intersection of the borders of Shōnai, Tsuruoka, Ōkura and Nishikawa. Neighboring municipalities *Yamagata Prefecture **Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Tsuruoka **Sakata, Yamagata, Sakata **Mikawa, Yamagata, Mikawa **Tozawa, Yamagata, Tozawa **Ōkura, Yamagata, Ōkura **Nishikawa, Yamagata, Nishikawa Climate Shōnai has a Humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') with large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is heaviest from Aug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oguni, Yamagata
270px, Lake Shiroimori-oguni is a town located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 7,376 in 3020 households, and a population density of 10 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Oguni is located in mountainous southwestern Yamagata Prefecture, bordered by Niigata Prefecture to the west and south. Neighboring municipalities *Yamagata Prefecture ** Nagai **Asahi ** Nishikawa ** Iide *Niigata Prefecture ** Shibata ** Murakami **Tainai ** Sekikawa Climate Oguni has a Humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') with large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is heaviest from August to October. The average annual temperature in Oguni is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asahi, Yamagata
270px, Mount Asahi is a town located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population and a population density of 36 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Asahi is located in mountainous central Yamagata, and contains Mount Asahi within its borders. The Mogami River forms the western border of the town. Neighboring municipalities *Yamagata Prefecture ** Nagai ** Ōe ** Nishikawa ** Oguni ** Yamanobe **Shirataka Climate Asahi has a Humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dfa'') with large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is heaviest from August to October. The average annual temperature in Asahi is 8.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1715 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.7 °C, and lowes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōe, Yamagata
is a town located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 7,894 in 2828 households, and a population density of 51 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Ōe is located in mountainous central Yamagata. Like many small towns in Japan, Ōe is a collection of smaller hamlets. Elevation rises and populations decrease from east to west. The easternmost hamlet is Aterazawa, and contains about 4/5 of the town's population. The town extends from the west end of the central part of the Yamagata basin to the Asahi Mountains. In addition, it has several enclaves in Sagae city and Nakayama town, bordering the east. Administratively, the town area is divided from the east into the Sazawa, Hongo, and Shichiken districts. The Mogami River forms the eastern border of the town. Neighboring municipalities *Yamagata Prefecture **Sagae **Asahi ** Nishikawa ** Nakayama ** Yamanobe Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Ōe peak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
is a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 125,389 in 49,024 households, and a population density of 95.74 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Tsuruoka is the biggest city in Tōhoku region in terms of surface area. Today's Tsuruoka is the result of the fusion of several neighborhoods around the center of the city such as Atsumi, Asahi, Fujishima, Kushibiki, and Haguro in 1953. Geography Tsuruoka is located on the coast of Yamagata Prefecture bordering the Sea of Japan and has some locally popular beaches such as Yunohama and Sanze. All three of the Three Mountains of Dewa are at least partially within the city limits. Two main rivers run through Tsuruoka, the Akagawa River (赤川, literally "Red River"), and the Mogami River. Neighboring municipalities *Yamagata Prefecture ** Sakata ** Shōnai ** Nishikawa ** Mikawa *Niigata Prefecture ** Murakami Climate Tsuruoka has a Humid continental climate (Köppen climate classif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagae, Yamagata
Jion-in temple is a city located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 40,131, and a population density of 289 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Sagae is located in the Yamagata Basin in the geographic center of Yamagata Prefecture. The Asahi Mountains and Dewa Mountains form its western border, and the Mogami River forms the eastern border of the city. Neighboring municipalities *Yamagata Prefecture ** Murayama ** Tendo ** Kahoku ** Ōe ** Nishikawa ** Nakayama ** Ōkura Climate Sagae has a Humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dfb'') with large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is heaviest from August to October. The average annual temperature in Sagae is 8.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1579 mm with September as the wettest month. The te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandai-Asahi National Park
is a national park in the Tōhoku region, Honshū, Japan. The park site straddles over Fukushima Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, and Niigata Prefecture. The park was designated as a national park on September 5, 1950. The park encompasses 186,404 ha of land (the third largest national park in Japan), consisting of three independent units: the Dewasanzan-asahi Region, Iide Region, and Bandaiazuma-Inawashiro Region. Dewasanzan-Asahi Region The Dewasanzan-Asahi Region is the most northern unit of the park. The northern portion of the Region consists of mountains called the . The southern section of the region resides on the Asahi Range. National Route 112 separates these two mountain areas. Dewasanzan The Three Mountains of Dewa refer to Mount Gassan, Mount Haguro, and Mount Yudono, which resides roughly at the center of Yamagata Prefecture. The name “Dewa” refers to the name of the old province, current Yamagata and Akita Prefecture. The mountain range is a natural d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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