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Tosa District, Kōchi
is a district located in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. As of the January 1, 2005 merger but with 2003 population estimates, the district has an estimated population of 5,348 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 17.4 persons per km2. The total area is 307.39 km2. Towns and villages * Tosa * Ōkawa Mergers *On October 1, 2004 the village of Hongawa, along with the village of Gohoku, from Agawa District, merged into the expanded town of Ino, in Agawa District. *On January 1, 2005 the villages of Kagami and Tosayama merged into the expanded city of Kōchi. Districts in Kochi Prefecture {{Kochi-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] |
Kōchi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 757,914 (1 December 2011) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2 (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and Tokushima Prefecture to the northeast. Kōchi is the capital and largest city of Kōchi Prefecture, with other major cities including Nankoku, Shimanto, and Kōnan. Kōchi Prefecture is located on Japan's Pacific coast surrounding a large bay in the south of Shikoku, with the southernmost point of the island located at Cape Ashizuri in Tosashimizu. Kōchi Prefecture is home to Kōchi Castle, considered the most intact Japanese castle, and the Shimanto River, one of the few undammed rivers in Japan. History Kōchi Prefecture was historically known as Tosa Province and was controlled by the Chōsokabe clan in the Sengoku period and the Yamauchi clan during the Edo period. Kōchi city is also the birthplace of noted revolutiona ... [...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] |
Tosa, Kōchi (town)
270px, Sameura Dam 270px, Panorama of Tosa is a town located in Tosa District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 3,670 in 1908 households and a population density of 17 people per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Tosa is located in the Shikoku Mountains in central northern Kochi Prefecture, bordering Ehime. The Yoshino River flows through the town with the Sameura Dam located near its headwaters. Approximately 85% of the town is forest with an elevation of 300 to 500 meters above sea level. Inamurayama, the highest mountain is 1,506 meters. Neighbouring municipalities Kōchi Prefecture * Kōchi * Nankoku * Motoyama * Ōkawa * Ino Ehime Prefecture * Shikokuchūō Climate Tosa has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light snowfall. The average annual temperature in Tosa is 13.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2536 mm with September as the wett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōkawa, Kōchi
270px, Sameura Dam reservoir is a village located in Tosa District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 363 in 214 households and a population density of 3.8 persons per km². The total area of the village is . Okawa is the least populated municipality in Japan, excluding municipalities affected by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and municipalities on excluded islands. Geography Ōkawa is located in the Shikoku Mountains in the northern part of Kochi Prefecture, bordering Ehime. The Yoshino River flows through the village from west to east. The former center of the village was submerged due to the completion and flooding of the Sameura Dam, located in nearby Motoyama. Currently, the Komatsu area on the shore of the dam lake has the village office. Neighbouring municipalities Kōchi Prefecture * Tosa (town) * Ino Ehime Prefecture * Niihama * Shikokuchūō Climate Ōkawa has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characteri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hongawa, Kōchi
was a village located in Agawa District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 749 and a density of 3.59 persons per km2. The total area was 208.70 km2. On October 1, 2004, Hongawa, along with the village of Gohoku (from Agawa District), was merged into the expanded town of Ino, and no longer exists as 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 links Official website of Inoin Japanese Dissolved municipalities of Kōchi Prefecture Ino, Kōchi {{Kochi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gohoku, Kōchi
was a village located in Agawa District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 3,163 and a density of 19.59 persons per km2. The total area was 161.43 km2. On October 1, 2004, Gohoku, along with the village of Hongawa (from Tosa District), was merged into the expanded town of Ino, and no longer exists as 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 links Official website of Inoin Japanese Dissolved municipalities of Kōchi Prefecture Ino, Kōchi {{Kochi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agawa District, Kōchi
is a district located in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. As of October 10, 2018, the district has an estimated population of 26,601 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 33.09 persons per km2. The total area is 803.67 km2. Towns and villages * Ino * Niyodogawa Mergers *On October 1, 2004 the village of Gohoku, along with the village of Hongawa, from Tosa District, merged into the expanded town of Ino. *On August 1, 2005 the town of Ikegawa, and the village of Agawa merged with the village of Niyodo, from Takaoka District, to form the new town of Niyodogawa. *On January 1, 2008 the town of Haruno merged into the expanded city of Kōchi. References Districts in Kōchi Prefecture {{Kochi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ino, Kōchi
270px, Ino Town Hall 270px, Ino Paper Museum is a town located in Agawa District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 21,672 in 10403 households and a population density of 46 persons per km².The total area of the town is . The town is famous for the production of . Geography Ino is located in the Shikoku Mountains of north-central Kōchi Prefecture. Neighbouring municipalities Kōchi Prefecture * Kōnan * Tosa * Tosa * Ōkawa * Ochi * Hidaka * Niyodogawa Ehime Prefecture * Niihama * Saijō * Kumakōgen Climate Ino has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') with hot, humid summers and cool winters. There is significant precipitation throughout the year, especially during June and July. The average annual temperature in Ino 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 . The highest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kagami, Kōchi (Tosa)
was a village located in Tosa District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,582 and a density of 26.34 persons per km². The total area was 60.06 km². On January 1, 2005, Kagami, along with the village of Tosayama (also from Tosa District), was merged into the expanded city of Kōchi, and thus no longer exists as 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 links * Official website of the city of Koch Dissolved municipalities of Kōchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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