is a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

located in

Rumoi Subprefecture is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. As of 2011, it had a population of 52,627 and an area of . The population density of the subprefecture, 13 people per km2, is very low compared to the rest of Japan. The population of Rumoi Subpr ...

Hokkaido is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The lar ...

, Japan. It is the capital of Rumoi Subprefecture. As of September 2016, the city has an estimated

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 ...

of 22,242 and the

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 75 persons per km². The total area is 297.44 km².

History

Rumoi was developed by herring fishery and mining. *1869: Rurumoppe was renamed Rumoi. *1877: The village of Rumoi was founded. *1902: The villages of Rumoi and Reuke were merged to form Rumoi Village. *1907: Sandomari village was merged into Rumoi village. *1908: Rumoi village became Rumoi town. *1914: The capital of Mashike Subprefecture was transferred from Mashike to Rumoi and Mashike Subprefecture was renamed Rumoi Subprefecture. *1919: Obirashibe village (now Obira town) was split off. *1945 Rumoi was designated as the site of the

proposed Soviet invasion of Hokkaido During the Soviet-Japanese War in August 1945, the Soviet Union made plans to invade Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's four main Home Islands. Opposition from the United States and doubts within the Soviet high command caused the plans t ...

, with a plan to occupy the island from Rumoi in the west to

Kushiro is a city in Kushiro Subprefecture on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. It serves as the subprefecture's capital and it is the most populated city in the eastern part of the island. Geography Mountains * Mount Oakan * Mount Meakan * Mount Akan ...

in the east. The plan was cancelled. *1947: Rumoi town became Rumoi city.

Geography

Rumoi is located in the south of Rumoi Subprefecture.

Rumoi River is a river in Hokkaidō, Japan. The Rumoi is in length. It traces its source to Mount Poroshiri in the Hidaka Mountain range, and flows across Rumoi Subprefecture in the west of Hokkaidō and empties into the Sea of Japan. The mouth of the R ...

flows through the city.

Climate

Rumoi has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

(

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''Dfb'') with warm summers and cold winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is heaviest from August to December. The highest temperature recorded was on August 1, 2021.

Average wind speed by month

(Annual average: )

Transportation

Rail

Rumoi is at the end of the

JR Hokkaido The is one of the constituent companies of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group), and is often referred to using its official abbreviation of . It operates intercity and local rail services in Hokkaido, Japan. The company introduced Kitaca, a sm ...

Rumoi Main Line The is a Japanese railway line in Hokkaido operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) which connects Fukagawa Station in Fukagawa and Rumoi Station in Rumoi. Until the section of the Hidaka Main Line from to was closed on 1 April ...

. It ran to until 4 December 2016, when the section between and there was closed, owing to declining passenger numbers. Stations in Rumoi: Tōgeshita - Horonuka -

Fujiyama , or Fugaku, located on the island of Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan, with a summit elevation of . It is the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia (after Mount Kerinci on the island of Sumatra), and seventh-highes ...

- Ōwada - Rumoi The stations of Segoshi and Reuke closed on 4 December 2016.

Road

* Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway

Sea

* Port of Rumoi

Education

High school

* Hokkaido Rumoi High School

Junior high school

* Rumoi junior high school * Kounan junior high school

Mascot

Rumoi's mascot is . She is a 25-year-old kind herring egg who has 1 daughter named .

Sister city

Ulan-Ude Ulan-Ude (; bua, Улаан-Үдэ, , ; russian: Улан-Удэ, p=ʊˈlan ʊˈdɛ; mn, Улаан-Үд, , ) is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence wi ...

, Buryatia,

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

(since 5 July 1972)International exchange of Rumoi

References

External links

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Official Website
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