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Shiokawa, Fukushima
was a town located in Yama District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 10,457 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 226.15 persons per km². The total area was 46.24 km². On January 4, 2006, Shiokawa, along with the town of Yamato, and the villages of Atsushiokanō and Takasato (all from Yama District), was merged into the expanded city of Kitakata. See also * Shiokawa Station External linksKitakata official website Dissolved municipalities of Fukushima Prefecture Kitakata, Fukushima {{Fukushima-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] |
Yama District, Fukushima
, Yama-gun is a district located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2008, the district has an estimated population of 31,175 and a density of 31.6 persons per km2. The total area is 986.763 km2. Towns and villages *Bandai *Inawashiro * Nishiaizu * Kitashiobara Merger * On January 4, 2006, the towns of Shiokawa and Yamato was originally the area around today's Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture of Japan, which became Yamato Province and by extension a name for the whole of Japan. Yamato is also the dynastic name of the ruling Imperial House of Japan. Japanese his ..., and the villages of Atsushiokanō and Takasato merged into the city of Kitakata. Districts in Fukushima Prefecture District Yama {{Fukushima-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fukushima Prefecture
Fukushima Prefecture (; ja, 福島県, Fukushima-ken, ) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,810,286 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture to the north, Niigata Prefecture to the west, Gunma Prefecture to the southwest, and Tochigi Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture to the south. Fukushima is the capital and Iwaki is the largest city of Fukushima Prefecture, with other major cities including Kōriyama, Aizuwakamatsu, and Sukagawa. Fukushima Prefecture is located on Japan's eastern Pacific coast at the southernmost part of the Tōhoku region, and is home to Lake Inawashiro, the fourth-largest lake in Japan. Fukushima Prefecture is the third-largest prefecture of Japan (after Hokkaido and Iwate Prefecture) and divided by mountain ranges into the three regions of Aizu, Nakadōri, and Hamadōri. History Prehistory The keyhole-shaped Ōy ... [...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] |
Yamato, Fukushima
was a town located in Yama District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The town was established as a village in 1875, and promoted to a town in 1954. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,092 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 26.20 persons per square kilometer. The total area was 156.21 km². On January 4, 2006, Yamato, along with the town of Shiokawa, and the villages of Atsushiokanō and Takasato (all from Yama District), was merged into the expanded city of Kitakata. External linksYamato official websitein Japanese {{Authority control Dissolved municipalities of Fukushima Prefecture Kitakata, Fukushima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atsushiokanō, Fukushima
was a village located in Yama District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 3,446 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 21.95 persons per km². The total area was 156.98 km². On January 4, 2006, Atsushiokanō, along with the towns of Shiokawa and Yamato, and the village of Takasato (all from Yama District), was merged into the expanded city of Kitakata. External links Kitakata official website Dissolved municipalities of Fukushima Prefecture Kitakata, Fukushima {{Fukushima-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takasato, Fukushima
was a village in Yama District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 2,442 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 54.46 persons per km². The total area was 44.84 km². On January 4, 2006, Takasato, along with the towns of Shiokawa and Yamato, and the village of Atsushiokanō (all from Yama District), was merged into the expanded city of Kitakata. External links Kitakata official website Dissolved municipalities of Fukushima Prefecture Kitakata, Fukushima {{Fukushima-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitakata, Fukushima
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 46,269 in 16,769 households, and a population density of 83 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Kitakata was once written '北方', which meant 'northern place'. Geography Kitakata is located at the far northern Aizu region of Fukushima Prefecture, bordered by Yamagata Prefecture to the north and Niigata Prefecture to the west. *Mountains: Mount Bandai, Mount Iide *Rivers: Aga River, Tadami River Neighboring municipalities Fukushima Prefecture *Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Aizuwakamatsu *Nishiaizu, Fukushima, Nishiaizu *Kitashiobara, Fukushima, Kitashiobara *Bandai, Fukushima, Bandai *Aizubange, Fukushima, Aizubange *Yugawa, Fukushima, Yugawa Yamagata Prefecture *Yonezawa, Yamagata, Yonezawa *Iide, Yamagata, Iide *Oguni, Yamagata, Oguni Niigata Prefecture *Shibata, Niigata, Shibata *Aga, Niigata, Aga Climate Kitakata has a Humid continental climate (Köppen ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiokawa Station
is a railway station on the Ban'etsu West Line in Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Shiokawa Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is located 75.1 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Kōriyama Station. Station layout Shiokawa Station has a single island platform and a single side platform connected to the station building by an overhead passageway. Platforms History Shiokawa Station opened on January 20, 1904. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ... (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Surrounding area * former Shiokawa Town Hall * Japan National Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dissolved Municipalities Of Fukushima Prefecture
Dissolution may refer to: Arts and entertainment Books * ''Dissolution'' (''Forgotten Realms'' novel), a 2002 fantasy novel by Richard Lee Byers * ''Dissolution'' (Sansom novel), a 2003 historical novel by C. J. Sansom Music * Dissolution, in music, is a specific type of section (music). * ''Dissolution'' (Olivia Block album), 2016 * ''Dissolution'' (The Pineapple Thief album), 2018 Politics and law * Dissolution (politics) is when a state, institution, nation, or administrative region ceases to exist, usually separating into two or more entities. * Dissolution (law), in law, means to end a legal entity or agreement such as a marriage, adoption, or corporation, or unions. * Dissolution of parliament, in politics, the dismissal of a legislature so that elections can be held. **Dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom * Dissolution of the Monasteries, in British history, the formal process during the English Reformation by which Henry VIII confiscated the property of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
