Bitchū, Okayama
was a town located in Kawakami District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 2,893 and a density of 28.21 persons per km2. The total area was 102.56 km2. On October 1, 2004, Bitchū, along with the town of Ukan (from Jōbō District), and the towns of Kawakami and Nariwa (all from Kawakami District), was merged into the expanded city of Takahashi and no longer exists as an independent municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' .... References Dissolved municipalities of Okayama Prefecture Takahashi, Okayama {{Okayama-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Kawakami District, Okayama
was a district located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 12,339 and a density of 45.47 persons per km2. The total area was 271.34 km2. Towns and villages * Bitchū * Kawakami * Nariwa Merger * On October 1, 2004 - the towns of Bitchū, Kawakami and Nariwa, along with the town of Ukan (from Jōbō District), were merged into the expanded city of Takahashi is the third most common Japanese surname. Less common variants include , , , , , , , and . Notable people with the surname Takahashi * Aaron Takahashi, Japanese-American actor * , Japanese singer and actress * , Japanese kickboxer * , Jap .... Kawakami District was dissolved as a result of this merger. References Former districts of Okayama Prefecture {{Okayama-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Okayama Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,826,059 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefecture borders Tottori Prefecture to the north, Hyōgo Prefecture to the east, and Hiroshima Prefecture to the west. Okayama is the capital and largest city of Okayama Prefecture, with other major cities including Kurashiki, Tsuyama, and Sōja. Okayama Prefecture's south is located on the Seto Inland Sea coast across from Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, which are connected by the Great Seto Bridge, while the north is characterized by the Chūgoku Mountains. History Prior to the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the area of present-day Okayama Prefecture was divided between Bitchū Province, Bitchū, Bizen Province, Bizen and Mimasaka Province, Mimasaka Provinces. Okayama Prefecture was formed and named in 1871 as part of the large-scale ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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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]   |
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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]   |
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Ukan, Okayama
was a town located in Jōbō District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 2,621 and a density of 56.14 persons per km2. The total area was 46.69 km2. On October 1, 2004, Ukan, along with the towns of Bitchū, Kawakami and Nariwa (all from Kawakami District), was merged into the expanded city of Takahashi and no longer exists as an independent municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' .... References Dissolved municipalities of Okayama Prefecture Takahashi, Okayama {{Okayama-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jōbō District, Okayama
was a district located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 16,967 and a density of 69.13 persons per km2. The total area was 245.45 km2. Towns and villages * Hokubō * Kayō * Ukan Mergers * On October 1, 2004 - the town of Ukan, along with the towns of Bitchū, Kawakami and Nariwa (all from Kawakami District), was merged into the expanded city of Takahashi. * On October 1, 2004 - the town of Kayō, along with the town of Kamogawa (from Mitsu District), was merged to create the town of Kibichūō. The new town belongs to the newly created Kaga District, founded upon this merger. * On March 31, 2005 - the town of Hokubō, along the towns of Katsuyama, Kuse, Ochiai and Yubara, and the villages of Chūka Japanese Chinese cuisine, also known as ''chūka'', represents a unique fusion of Japanese and Chinese culinary traditions that have evolved over the late 19th century and more recent times. This style, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kawakami, Okayama (Kawakami)
was a town located in Kawakami District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 3,853 and a density of 44.33 persons per km2. The total area was 86.91 km2. On October 1, 2004, Kawakami, along with the town of Ukan (from Jōbō District), and the towns of Bitchū and Nariwa (all from Kawakami District), was merged into the expanded city of Takahashi and no longer exists as an independent municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' .... References External linksOfficial website of Takahashiin Japanese Dissolved municipalities of Okayama Prefecture Takahashi, Okayama {{Okayama-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nariwa, Okayama
was a town located in Kawakami District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,593 and a density of 68.32 persons per km2. The total area was 81.87 km2. On October 1, 2004, Nariwa, along with the town of Ukan (from Jōbō District), and the towns of Bitchū and Kawakami (all from Kawakami District), was merged into the expanded city of Takahashi and no longer exists as an independent municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' .... References Dissolved municipalities of Okayama Prefecture Takahashi, Okayama {{Okayama-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Takahashi, Okayama
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 27,538 in 13,678 households. and a population density of 50 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Bitchū Matsuyama Castle overlooks the town. Another significant location is Raikyū-ji, a Buddhist temple with a historic garden. Geography Takahashi is located in the midwestern part of Okayama Prefecture, about 32 kilometers northwest of the center of the prefectural capital at Okayama city. The Takahashi River, one of the three major rivers in the prefecture, flows north-south through the eastern side of the city, and the Kibi Plateau spreads east-west on both sides of the river. The municipality measures 35 kilometers from east-to-west and 30 kilometers from north-to-south and the fourth largest municipality in Okayama Prefecture in terms of area. Elevation ranges from 50 to 100 meters in the basin and 300 to 500 meters in the hills. In general, the elevation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Municipalities Of Japan
Japan has three levels of governments: national, prefectural, and municipal. The nation is divided into 47 prefectures. Each prefecture consists of numerous municipalities, with 1,719 in total as of January 2014. There are four types of municipalities in Japan: cities, towns, villages and special wards of Tokyo (). In Japanese, this system is known as , where each kanji in the word represents one of the four types of municipalities. Some designated cities also have further administrative subdivisions, also known as wards. But, unlike the special wards of Tokyo, these wards are not municipalities. Status The status of a municipality, if it is a village, town or city, is decided by the prefectural government. Generally, a village or town can be promoted to a city when its population increases above fifty thousand, and a city can (but need not) be demoted to a town or village when its population decreases below fifty thousand. The least-populated city, Utashinai, Hokkaid� ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |