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Shikama District, Hyōgo
was a district located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 30,453 and a density of 182.91 persons per km2. The total area is 166.49 km2. Towns and villages * Ieshima * Yumesaki Mergers * On March 27, 2006 - the towns of Ieshima and Yumesaki, along with the town of Yasutomi (from Shisō District), and the town of Kōdera (from Kanzaki District), were merged into the expanded city of Himeji 260px, Himeji City Hall is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 525,682 in 227,099 households and a population density of 980 persons per km². The total area of the city is .... Shikama District was dissolved as a result of this merger. Former districts of Hyōgo Prefecture {{Hyogo-geo-stub ... [...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] |
Hyōgo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, and Okayama Prefecture and Tottori Prefecture to the west. Kōbe is the capital and largest city of Hyōgo Prefecture, and the seventh-largest city in Japan, with other major cities including Himeji, Nishinomiya, and Amagasaki. Hyōgo Prefecture's mainland stretches from the Sea of Japan to the Seto Inland Sea, where Awaji Island and a small archipelago of islands belonging to the prefecture are located. Hyōgo Prefecture is a major economic center, transportation hub, and tourist destination in western Japan, with 20% of the prefecture's land area designated as Natural Parks. Hyōgo Prefecture forms part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area, the second-most-populated urban region in Japan after the Greater Tokyo area and one of the w ... [...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] |
Ieshima, Hyōgo
was a town located in Shikama District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It actually is a group of 44 small islands (4 main inhabited ones and 40 smaller uninhabited ones) about 18 kilometers off the coast of Himeji and Akō. Ieshima is one of the big islands but the name ''Ieshima'' is also used to refer to the entire chain of Islands. On March 27, 2006, the towns Ieshima, Yumesaki (also from Shikama District), Yasutomi ( Shisō District), and Kōdera ( Kanzaki District) were merged into the expanded city of Himeji and are no longer independent municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go .... Main islands *Ieshima (家島): 5.46 km², about 4,000 inhabitants *Bozejima (坊勢島): 1.87 km², about 4,000 inhabitants *Nishijima (西島): 6.59 km², a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yumesaki, Hyōgo
was a List of towns of Japan, town located in Shikama District, Hyōgo, Shikama District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 21,614 and a population density, density of 147.82 persons per km2. The total area was 146.22 km2. On March 27, 2006, Yumesaki, along with the town of Ieshima, Hyōgo, Ieshima (also from Shikama District, Hyōgo, Shikama District), the town of Yasutomi, Hyōgo, Yasutomi (from Shisō District, Hyōgo, Shisō District), and the town of Kōdera, Hyōgo, Kōdera (from Kanzaki District, Hyōgo, Kanzaki District), was merged into the expanded city of Himeji, Hyōgo, Himeji and is no longer an independent Municipalities of Japan, municipality. Yumesaki was locally famous for its onsens (hot springs), sakura blossoms in Spring, as well as its hiking grounds, with particularly nice trails along Mount Seppiko. The town bordered the city of Himeji. External linksYumesaki official website in Japanese Dissolved muni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasutomi, Hyōgo
was a town located in Shisō District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,818 and a density of 96.48 persons per km2. The total area was 60.30 km2. On March 27, 2006, Yasutomi, along with the towns of Ieshima and Yumesaki (both from Shikama District), and the town of Kōdera (from Kanzaki District), was merged into the expanded city of Himeji and is no longer an independent municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go .... External linksYasutomi official websitein Japanese Dissolved municipalities of Hyōgo Prefecture {{Hyogo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shisō District, Hyōgo
was a district located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of April 1, 2005 (but with June 30, 2004 population data), the district had an estimated population of 5,983 and a density of 99 persons per km2. The total area was 60.30 km2. Towns and villages * Yasutomi Mergers * On April 1, 2005 - the towns of Chikusa, Haga, Ichinomiya and Yamasaki were merged to create the city of Shisō. * On March 27, 2006 - the town of Yasutomi, along with the towns of Ieshima and Yumesaki (both from Shikama District), and the town of Kōdera (from Kanzaki District), was merged into the expanded city of Himeji 260px, Himeji City Hall is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 525,682 in 227,099 households and a population density of 980 persons per km². The total area of the city is .... district. Former districts of Hyōgo Prefecture {{Hyogo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōdera, Hyōgo
was a List of towns of Japan, town located in Kanzaki District, Hyōgo, Kanzaki District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 19,607 and a population density, density of 622.05 persons per km². The total area was 31.52 km². On March 27, 2006, Kōdera, along with the towns of Ieshima, Hyōgo, Ieshima and Yumesaki, Hyōgo, Yumesaki (both from Shikama District, Hyōgo, Shikama District), and the town of Yasutomi, Hyōgo, Yasutomi (from Shisō District, Hyōgo, Shisō District), was merged into the expanded city of Himeji, Hyōgo, Himeji and is no longer an independent Municipalities of Japan, municipality. External linksKodera official website in Japanese language, Japanese Dissolved municipalities of Hyōgo Prefecture {{Hyogo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanzaki District, Hyōgo
is a district located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 67,363 and a density of 185.93 persons per km2. The total area is 362.31 km2. Towns and villages * Fukusaki * Ichikawa * Kamikawa Merger *On November 7, 2005, the towns of Kanzaki and Ōkawachi merged to form the new town of Kamikawa. *On March 27, 2006, the town of Kōdera merged into the city of Himeji 260px, Himeji City Hall is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 525,682 in 227,099 households and a population density of 980 persons per km². The total area of the city is .... (average of three town offices) Districts in Hyōgo Prefecture {{Hyogo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himeji, Hyōgo
260px, Himeji City Hall is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 525,682 in 227,099 households and a population density of 980 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Himeji is located in the central western part of the Harima Plain in the western part of Hyogo Prefecture, and is the central city of the Harima region of the prefecture. The Ichikawa River is located in the central eastern part of the city, and the Senba River and Noda River are located in the center. The Ieshima Islands in the Seto Inland Sea are within the city limits and are located off the coast of Harima Bay. The city is surrounded by the mountains and the sea. Neighbouring municipalities Hyōgo Prefecture * Kakogawa * Takasago * Kasai * Tatsuno * Shisō * Taishi * Kamikawa * Ichikawa Climate Himeji has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') with hot summers and cool winters. Sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
