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Shōbu, Saitama
was a List of towns in Japan, town located in Minami-Saitama District, Saitama, Minamisaitama District, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Population As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 21,837 and a population density, density of 797.84 persons per km2. The total area was 27.67 km2. Attractions Shibuya is well known among other parts of Saitama for housing the large shopping complex Mallage, which is a source of shopping and enjoyment for many of Shobus' citizens, and has put Shobu on the map. Development There is a large road, Ken-O expressway which is being built through Shobu at this present time. Famous residents The famous conservationist, Honda Seiroku, who designed many of Japan's city and National parks was born in Shobu. History On March 23, 2010, Shōbu, along with the towns of Kurihashi, Saitama, Kurihashi and Washimiya, Saitama, Washimiya (both from Kita-Katsushika District, Saitama, Kitakatsushika District), was merged into the expanded c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Towns In Japan
A town (町; ''chō'' or ''machi'') is a Local government, local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with Prefectures of Japan, prefecture (''ken'' or other equivalents), Cities of Japan, city (''shi''), and Villages of Japan, village (''mura''). Geographically, a town is contained within a Districts of Japan, district. The same word (町; ''machi'' or ''chō'') is also used in names of smaller regions, usually a part of a Wards of Japan, 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 * List of villages in Japan * List of cities in Japan * Japanese addressing system References External links "Large City System of Japan"; graphic shows towns compared with other Japanese city types at p. 1 [PDF 7 of 40 /nowiki>] {{Asia topic, List of towns in Towns in Japan, * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minami-Saitama District, Saitama
is a Districts of Japan, district located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the district has an estimated population of 33,405 and a population density, density of 2,090 persons per km2. The total area is 15.95 km2. Towns and villages *Miyashiro, Saitama, Miyashiro District timeline *1871 (first wave of prefectural mergers): The part of Saitama District, Saitama, Saitama District that would later become Minami-Saitama becomes completely part of Saitama Prefecture which is named after the district. *1879 (reactivation and reorganization of Ritsuryō, ancient provincial districts as modern prefectural subdivision): Saitama District is split into Kita-Saitama District, Saitama, North- (Kita-) and South (Minami-) Saitama, the district government of South Saitama is set up in Iwatsuki, Saitama, Iwatsuki *1889 (Great Meiji mergers & introduction of Municipalities of Japan, modern municipalities): Minami-Saitama is subdivided into 6 Towns of Japan, towns and 44 Villages of Japan, vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saitama Prefecture
is a Landlocked country, landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (January 1, 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 Square kilometre, km2 (1,466 Square mile, sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture and Gunma Prefecture to the north, Nagano Prefecture to the west, Yamanashi Prefecture to the southwest, Tokyo to the south, Chiba Prefecture to the southeast, and Ibaraki Prefecture to the northeast. Saitama, Saitama, Saitama is the capital and largest city of Saitama Prefecture, with other major cities including Kawaguchi, Saitama, Kawaguchi, Kawagoe, Saitama, Kawagoe, and Tokorozawa, Saitama, Tokorozawa. History of Kujiki According to ''Sendai Kuji Hongi'' (), Chichibu was one of 137 provinces during the reign of Emperor Sujin. Chichibu Province was in western Saitama. The area that would become Saitama Prefecture in the 19th century is part of Musashi Provinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and List of islands of Japan, thousands of smaller islands, covering . Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and List of cities in Japan, its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the List of largest cities, largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 Prefectures of Japan, administrative prefectures and List of regions of Japan, eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of Geography of Japan, the countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, Race (human categorization), race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of Sexual reproduction, interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population Density
Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), 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. 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, usually transcribed as "per square kilometre" or square mile, and which may include or exclude, for example, ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurihashi, Saitama
was a town located in Kitakatsushika District, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 26,125 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the ratio of a substance's mass to its volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' (or ''d'') can also be u ... of 1,655.58 persons per km2. The total area was 15.78 km2. On March 23, 2010, Kurihashi, along with the town of Washimiya (also from Kitakatsushika District), and the town of Shōbu (from Minamisaitama District), was merged into the expanded city of Kuki. References Dissolved municipalities of Saitama Prefecture Populated places disestablished in 2010 2010 disestablishments in Japan {{Saitama-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washimiya, Saitama
was a town located in Kitakatsushika District, Saitama, Japan. In 2003, the town had an estimated population of 33,739 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the ratio of a substance's mass to its volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' (or ''d'') can also be u ... of . The total area is . On March 23, 2010, the town of Washimiya, along with the town of Kurihashi (also from Kitakatsushika District), and the town of Shōbu (from Minamisaitama District), was merged into the expanded city of Kuki. Washimiya was famous for Washinomiya Shrine, one of the oldest shrines in the Kanto Region, and is the setting of ''Lucky Star'', which causes otaku tourism. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kita-Katsushika District, Saitama
is a district located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of July 1, 2011, the district has an estimated population of 77,583 and a population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), 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 geog ... of 1,680 persons per km2. The total area is 46.22 km2. There are two towns in the district. * Matsubushi * Sugito The following cities were once part of the district, but have since merged into other towns: *Parts of Kasukabe * Kuki * Misato * Satte * Yoshikawa History *April 1, 1964: The village of Shōwa gained town status. *October 1, 1964: The village of Misato gained town status. *April 1, 1969: The village of Matsubushi gained town status. *May 3, 1972: The town of Misato gained city status. *October 1, 1986: The town of Satte gained city status. *April 1, 1996: The town o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuki, Saitama
260px, Gongendō Park is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 152,569 in 67,339 households and a population density of 1900 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Kuki is located in northeastern Saitama Prefecture, approximately 50 kilometers from downtown Tokyo in the alluvial plains of the Tone River. Surrounding municipalities Ibaraki Prefecture * Goka * Koga Saitama Prefecture * Hasuda * Kazo * Kōnosu * Miyashiro * Okegawa * Satte * Shiraoka * Sugito Climate Kuki has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kuki is 14.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1338 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.6 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shobu-Kuki Transmitter
The is located in Kuki, Saitama. It is the largest centre for medium wave and short wave broadcasting in Japan. It is fed over a 60,000 volt power line and there are two large medium wave broadcasting antennas, one of them 240 metres tall. The centre is operated by NHK , also known by its Romanization of Japanese, romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcasting, public broadcaster. It is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television licence, television license fee. NHK ope .... External links NHK Shōbu-Kuki Rajio Hōsō-sho(in Japanese) Buildings and structures in Saitama Prefecture NHK Towers in Japan {{japan-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
