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Hidaka District, Hokkaido
is a newly created Districts of Japan, district located in Hidaka Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of October 31, 2006, the district has an estimated population of 27,150 and a population density, density of 23.7 persons per km2. The total area is 1,147.74 km2. Towns and villages *Shinhidaka, Hokkaido, Shinhidaka - merger of the former towns of Mitsuishi, Hokkaido, Mitsuishi (from the former Mitsuishi District, Hokkaido, Mitsuishi District) and Shizunai, Hokkaido, Shizunai (from the former Shizunai District, Hokkaido, Shizunai District) References Districts in Hokkaido Hidaka Subprefecture {{Hokkaido-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidaka District In Hidaka Subprefecture
Hidaka (Japanese language, Japanese: 日高 ''sun-tall'') may refer to: People * Hidaka (surname) * Princess Hidaka, birth name of Empress Genshō Places in Japan Populated places * Hidaka, Saitama, a city in Saitama Prefecture * Hidaka, Kōchi, a village in Kochi Prefecture * Hidaka, Hyōgo, a former town in Hyōgo Prefecture * Hidaka, Wakayama, a town in Hidaka District in Wakayama Prefecture * Hidaka, Hokkaidō, a town in Hidaka Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Administrative divisions * Hidaka District, Wakayama in Wakayama Prefecture * Hidaka District, Hokkaidō, a district in Hidaka Subprefecture, Hokkaidō * Hidaka Subprefecture, a subprefecture of Hokkaidō Geographic features * Hidaka Mountains, a mountain range in Hokkaidō * Hidaka Pass, a mountain pass in the Hidaka Mountains {{disambig, geo ... [...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] |
Hidaka Subprefecture
is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. The west side of the Hidaka mountains occupies most of the area. Hidaka is sparsely populated and has many of Hokkaido's natural resources. The governmental office is located in Urakawa. History *1897: Urakawa Subprefecture established. *1932: Urakawa Subprefecture renamed Hidaka Subprefecture. The name Hidaka ("sun high") is derived from the province of the same name established in 1869, which in turn was named after an unknown place in the '' Nihonshoki'', a history book written in 720. There is no direct connection between the Hidaka of the ''Nihonshoki'' and the modern Hidaka. Geography Located on the south-east coast of Hokkaido, Hidaka Subprefecture has an area of making it the 7th largest subprefecture in the prefecture and 5.8% of Hokkaido's total area. More than 80% of the area is covered with forest. The prefecture borders Tokachi Subprefecture to the north across the Hidaka Mountains. To the west is Ibu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hokkaido
is the list of islands of Japan by area, second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own list of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by railway via the Seikan Tunnel. The largest city on Hokkaido is its capital, Sapporo, which is also its only cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, ordinance-designated city. Sakhalin lies about to the north of Hokkaidō, and to the east and northeast are the Kuril Islands, which are administered by Russia, though the four most southerly are Kuril Islands dispute, claimed by Japan. The position of the island on the northern end of the archipelago results in a colder climate, with the island seeing significant snowfall each winter. Despite the harsher climate, it serves as an agricultural breadbasket for many crops. Hokkaido was formerly known as ''Ezo'', ''Yezo'', ''Yeso'', or ''Yes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
