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Nagato, Nagano
former Nagato Town Hall was a town located in Chiisagata District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,138 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 53.44 persons per km². The total area was 96.14 km². On October 1, 2005, Nagato, along with the village of Wada (also from Chiisagata District), was merged to create the town of Nagawa. External linksOfficial websiteof Nagawa Dissolved municipalities of Nagano Prefecture Nagawa, Nagano {{Nagano-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagawa Town Nagato Branch Office
is a town located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 6,088 in 2650 households, and a population density of 32.6 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Nagawa is located in the center of Nagano Prefecture. Surrounding municipalities *Nagano Prefecture ** Matsumoto ** Ueda ** Suwa ** Chino ** Shimosuwa ** Tateshina Climate The town has a climate characterized by characterized by warm and humid summers, and cold, very snowy winters (Köppen climate classification ''Dfb''). The average annual temperature in Nagawa is 8.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1388 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 21.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around -3.6 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Nagawa has declined my more than half over the past 70 years. History The area of present-day Nagawa was part of ancient Shinano Pr ... [...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] |
Chiisagata District, Nagano
is a district located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Population As of February 1, 2006, the district has an estimated population of 12,039. The total area is now down to 241.04 km2. There are only one town and one village left in the district: Aoki and Nagawa. History *January 14, 1879 - Due to the district, ward, town and village status enforcement, the district seat was located at the town of Ueda. *April 1, 1889 - Due to enforcing the town and village status, Chiisagata District formed the towns of Ueda, Nagakuboshin, and Nagakubofuru, and 32 villages (3 towns, 32 villages) *October 30, 1912 - The village of Maruko gained town status. (4 towns, 31 villages) *May 1, 1919 - The town of Ueda gained city status which lasted until March 6, 2006. (3 towns, 31 villages) *September 10, 1921 - The village of Sakashita merged into the city of Ueda. (3 towns, 30 villages) *September 1, 1949 - The villages of Higashishiota and Fujisan merged to form the village of Higashishiota. (3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagano Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the northeast, Saitama Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the southeast, Shizuoka Prefecture and Aichi Prefecture to the south, and Gifu Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture to the west. Nagano is the capital and largest city of Nagano Prefecture, with other major cities including Matsumoto, Ueda, and Iida. Nagano Prefecture has impressive highland areas of the Japanese Alps, including most of the Hida Mountains, Kiso Mountains, and Akaishi Mountains which extend into the neighbouring prefectures. The abundance of mountain ranges, natural scenic beauty, and rich history has gained Nagano Prefecture international recognition as a world-class winter sports tourist destination, including hosting the 1998 Winter Olympics and a new ... [...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] |
Wada, Nagano
former Wada village hall was a village located in Chiisagata District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 2,505 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 28.53 persons per km². The total area was 87.81 km². On October 1, 2005, Wada, along with the town of Nagato (also from Chiisagata District), was merged to create the town of Nagawa. External linksOfficial websiteof Nagawa Dissolved municipalities of Nagano Prefecture Nagawa, Nagano {{Nagano-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagawa, Nagano
is a town located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 6,088 in 2650 households, and a population density of 32.6 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Nagawa is located in the center of Nagano Prefecture. Surrounding municipalities *Nagano Prefecture ** Matsumoto ** Ueda ** Suwa ** Chino ** Shimosuwa ** Tateshina Climate The town has a climate characterized by characterized by warm and humid summers, and cold, very snowy winters (Köppen climate classification ''Dfb''). The average annual temperature in Nagawa is 8.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1388 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 21.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around -3.6 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Nagawa has declined my more than half over the past 70 years. History The area of present-day Nagawa was part of ancient Shinano Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dissolved Municipalities Of Nagano Prefecture
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