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Hita, Ōita
file:Hita city office.jpg, 270px, Hita City Hall is a Cities of Japan, city located in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 61,148 in 27,556 households, and a population density of 96 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Hita is located in the far west of Ōita Prefecture, and borders the neighboring prefectures of Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka and Kumamoto Prefecture, Kumamoto. Surrounding cities include Kurume to the west, Nakatsu, Ōita, Nakatsu to the north, and Kusu, Ōita, Kusu to the east. Hita is a natural Drainage basin, basin surrounded by mountains, with several rivers that eventually become the Chikugo River. Due to this connection, although Hita is placed within Ōita Prefecture, it shares a historical connection to Fukuoka Prefecture. The dialect used in Hita has characteristics of the Hichiku dialect used in Fukuoka, Nagasaki, and Saga Prefectures. Many rivers that run through Hita join up to the Mikuma River, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cities Of Japan
A is a local Public administration, administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of . Like other contemporary administrative units, they are defined by the Local Autonomy Law of 1947. City status Article 8 of the Local Autonomy Law sets the following conditions for a municipality to be designated as a city: *Population must generally be 50,000 or greater (原則として人口5万人以上) *At least 60% of households must be established in a central urban area (中心市街地の戸数が全戸数の6割以上) *At least 60% of households must be employed in commerce, industry or other urban occupations (商工業等の都市的業態に従事する世帯人口が全人口の6割以上) *Any other conditions set by prefectural ordinance must be satisfied (他に当該都道府県の条例で定める要件を満たしていること) The designation is approved by the prefectural governor and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Kamitsue, Ōita
was a village located in Hita District, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,258 and the density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the ratio of a substance's mass to its volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' (or ''d'') can also be u ... of 14.21 persons per km2. The total area was 88.53 km2. On March 22, 2005, Kamitsue, along with the towns of Amagase and Ōyama, and the villages of Maetsue and Nakatsue (all from Hita District), was merged into the expanded city of Hita. References Dissolved municipalities of Ōita Prefecture Hita, Ōita {{Oita-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maetsue, Ōita
was a village located in Hita District, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,598 and the density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the ratio of a substance's mass to its volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' (or ''d'') can also be u ... of 20.23 persons per km2. The total area was 78.99 km2. On March 22, 2005, Maetsue, along with the towns of Amagase and Ōyama, and the villages of Kamitsue and Nakatsue (all from Hita District), was merged into the expanded city of Hita. References Dissolved municipalities of Ōita Prefecture Hita, Ōita {{Oita-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakatsue, Ōita
was a village located in Hita District, Ōita, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,300 and the density of 15.87 persons per km2. The total area was 81.91 km2. On March 22, 2005, Nakatsue, along with the towns of Amagase and Ōyama, and the villages of Kamitsue and Maetsue (all from Hita District), was merged into the expanded city of Hita. The town attracted national attention when it served as the base camp for the Cameroon national football team before the 2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea/Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by .... When the team arrived several days behind schedule, the town's plight briefly became a top news story in Japan. References Dissolved municipalities of Ōita Prefecture Hita, Ōita {{Oita-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foot (length)
The foot (standard symbol: ft) is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. The prime symbol, , is commonly used to represent the foot. In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches, and one yard comprises three feet. Since an international agreement in 1959, the foot is defined as equal to exactly 0.3048 meters. Historically, the "foot" was a part of many local systems of units, including the Greek, Roman, Chinese, French, and English systems. It varied in length from country to country, from city to city, and sometimes from trade to trade. Its length was usually between 250 mm and 335 mm and was generally, but not always, subdivided into 12 inches or 16 digits. The United States is the only industrialized country that uses the (international) foot in preference to the meter in its commercial, engineering, and standards activities. The foot is legally recognized in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōkawa, Fukuoka
file:Chikugo River Lift Bridge UP 20110914.jpg, 270px, Chikugo River Lift Bridge is a Cities of Japan, city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 31,605 in 13984 households, and a population density of 940 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Ōkawa is located in southern Fukuoka Prefecture next to the border with Saga Prefecture. The Chikugo River flows from northeast to southwest through the city, which is relatively flat. At the centre of Ōkawa, the Hanamune River flows into the Chikugo River as a tributary. Neighboring municipalities Fukuoka Prefecture * Kurume, Fukuoka, Kurume * Ōki, Fukuoka, Ōki * Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Yanagawa Saga Prefecture * Kanzaki, Saga, Kanzaki * Saga, Saga, Saga Climate Ōkawa has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ōkawa is 16.3 °C. The average annual rainfall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hichiku Dialect
The Hichiku dialect is a group of the Japanese dialects spoken in western Kyushu. The name ''Hichiku'' (肥筑) is constructed by extracting a representative kanji from '' Hizen'' (肥前), '' Higo'' (肥後), '' Chikuzen'' (筑前) and '' Chikugo'' (筑後), the names of old provinces. * Hichiku dialect ** Chikuzen dialect (western Fukuoka Prefecture, formerly known as Chikuzen Province, includes the Hakata dialect of Hakata district in Fukuoka) ** Chikugo dialect (southern Fukuoka Prefecture, formerly known as Chikugo Province) *** Ōmuta dialect ( Ōmuta) *** Yanagawa dialect (Yanagawa) ** Saga dialect (Saga Prefecture) *** Karatsu dialect (northern Saga Prefecture centered Karatsu) *** Tashiro dialect (easternmost Saga Prefecture centered Tashiro) ** Nagasaki dialect (Nagasaki Prefecture) *** Sasebo dialect (northern Nagasaki Prefecture centered Sasebo) *** Hirado dialect (Hirado Island, west of Nagasaki Prefecture) ** Kumamoto dialect (Kumamoto Prefecture) ** Hita di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chikugo River
The flows through Kumamoto, Ōita, Fukuoka and Saga prefectures in Japan. With a total length of , it is the longest river on Kyūshū. It flows from Mount Aso and empties into the Ariake Sea. It is also nicknamed "Tsukushi Jirō". The upper reaches of the river are important to forestry, and the middle and lower reaches are important to local agriculture, providing irrigation to some of rice fields on the Tsukushi Plain. The river is also important to industry, with twenty electrical power plants located along its banks, as well as the major city of Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture. Recognizing the requirement to satisfy divergent needs of various communities along the river, the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism designated the Chikugo River (along with six other river systems in Japan) as a "Water Resources Development River System" with a comprehensive utilization plan to develop the river's resources.de Graaf, ''Urban Water in Japan''. page 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drainage Basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the drainage divide, made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills. A basin may consist of smaller basins that merge at river confluences, forming a hierarchical pattern. Other terms for a drainage basin are catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, water basin, and impluvium. In North America, they are commonly called a watershed, though in other English-speaking places, " watershed" is used only in its original sense, that of the drainage divide line. A drainage basin's boundaries are determined by watershed delineation, a common task in environmental engineering and science. In a closed drainage basin, or endorheic basin, rather than flowing to the ocean, water converges toward the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kusu, Ōita
270px, Kusu Town Hall is a town located in Kusu District, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 14,085 in 6590 households, and a population density of 49 persons per km2. The total area of the city is Geography Kusu is located in midwestern Ōita Prefecture, approximately 60 kilometers west of the prefectural capital at Ōita City, and slightly borders Kumamoto Prefecture in the south. The town area is in the Kyushu Mountains, and much of the town area is within the borders of the Yaba-Hita-Hikosan Quasi-National Park. In the northern part of the town is the Hiseidai Training Range, the largest training range for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in western Japan. Neighbouring municipalities Kumamoto Prefecture * Oguni Ōita Prefecture * Hita * Kokonoe * Nakatsu * Usa Climate Kusu has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') with hot summers and cool winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakatsu, Ōita
is a Cities of Japan, city on the northern border of Ōita Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 82,301 in 41222 households, and a population density of 96 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Nakatsu is in the northwest corner of Ōita Prefecture, Kyushu and faces the Gulf of Suō on the Seto Inland Sea to the northeast. To the east of Nakatsu is Usa, Ōita, Usa and to the southwest is Hita, Ōita, Hita. Nakatsu touches the border of Fukuoka Prefecture on its west. Some 80% of the city area is mountainous, mainly in the south There is a wide stretch of flat, agricultural land which begins at the mouth of Yamakuni River and extends to Mount Hiko called the Nakatsu plain, making it the largest agricultural area in the prefecture. The tallest mountain in Nakatsu is Mount Hachimen (八面山, ''Hachimen-zan'') which literally means "eight-faced mountain." Its name is said to have come from the fact that the mountain looks near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
