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Ōtsuchi, Iwate
270px, Ōtsuchi port is a town located in Kamihei District, Iwate Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 11,572 and a population density of 58 persons per km2 in 5308 households. The total area of the town is . Since 1973, the University of Tokyo has maintained a marine research laboratory in Ōtsuchi. It is called the International Coastal Research Center (ICRC) and is managed by the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute. Geography Ōtsuchi is a coastal mountainous community situated on the Sanriku Coast along the Pacific Ocean. The inland portion of the town is within the Kitakami Mountains Neighboring municipalities Iwate Prefecture * Kamaishi * Miyako * Tōno * Yamada Climate Ōtsuchi has a humid climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by mild summers and cold winters. The average annual temperature in Ōtsuchi is 11.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1402 mm with September as the wettest month an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Towns Of 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] [Amazon] |