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Higashikunisaki District, Ōita
is a district located in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. As of April 2006, the district has an estimated population of 2,898. The total area is now down to 6.75 km2. There is only one village left in the district. * Himeshima Until March 30, 2006, the district additionally had four towns. * Aki * Kunimi *Kunisaki * Musashi District Timeline *On March 31, 2006 the old town of Kunisaki absorbed the towns of Aki, Kunimi and Musashi to become the new city of Kunisaki is a small coastal city located in Ōita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. It is located on the Kunisaki Peninsula facing the Seto Inland Sea. Mostly covered by forests and farmlands, the peninsula is dotted with temples. The modern city of Kunisaki w .... Districts in Ōita Prefecture {{Oita-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Japan
In Japan, a is composed of one or more rural municipalities (towns or villages) within a prefecture. Districts have no governing function, and are only used for geographic or statistical purposes such as mailing addresses. Cities are not part of districts. Historically, districts have at times functioned as an 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 of the United States, ranking below prefecture and above town or village, on the same level as a city. District governments were entirely abolished by 1926. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōita Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Ōita Prefecture has a population of 1,136,245 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,340 km2 (2,448 sq mi). Ōita Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northwest, Kumamoto Prefecture to the southwest, and Miyazaki Prefecture to the south. Ōita is capital and largest city of Ōita Prefecture, with other major cities including Beppu, Nakatsu, and Saiki. Ōita Prefecture is located in the northeast of Kyūshū on the Bungo Channel, connecting the Pacific Ocean and Seto Inland Sea, across from Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. Ōita Prefecture is famous for its hot springs and is a popular tourist destination in Japan for its ''onsens'' and '' ryokans'', particularly in and around the city of Beppu. History Around the 6th century Kyushu consisted of four regions: Tsukushi Province, Hi Province, Kumaso Province and Toyo Province. Toyo Province was later divided into two regions, upper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 123.2 million on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himeshima, Ōita
is a village located in Higashikunisaki District, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. The name ''Himeshima'' literally means "Princess Island". The village is on a small island, sometimes referred to as Hime Island, just off the Japanese island of Kyūshū, and is accessible by ferry. As of March 2017, the village has an estimated population of 1,930 and the density of 280 persons per km². The total area is 6.98 km². The main occupations are fishing and shrimp farming. Every summer, there is a Shinto religious ceremony featuring dancers dressed as foxes. There is currently only one school on the island (Himeshima Junior High School was closed due to depopulation, leaving only Himejima Elementary School behind here). In the 2017 Japanese general election, 77.51% of Himeshima's proportional ballots were cast for either one of the two parties in the conservative ruling coalition (the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito) or one of the two minor LDP-allied conservative parties ( Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aki, Ōita
was a town located in Higashikunisaki District, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 9,856 and the density of 108.61 persons per km². The total area is 90.75 km². On March 31, 2006, Aki, along with the towns of Kunisaki (former), Kunimi and Musashi (all from Higashikunisaki District), was merged to create the city of Kunisaki is a small coastal city located in Ōita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. It is located on the Kunisaki Peninsula facing the Seto Inland Sea. Mostly covered by forests and farmlands, the peninsula is dotted with temples. The modern city of Kunisaki w .... External links Kunisaki official website Dissolved municipalities of Ōita Prefecture {{Oita-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunimi, Ōita
was a town located in Higashikunisaki District, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,457 and the density of 74.84 persons per km². The total area was 72.92 km². On March 31, 2006, Kunimi, along with the towns of Kunisaki (former), Aki and Musashi (all from Higashikunisaki District), was merged to create the city of Kunisaki is a small coastal city located in Ōita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. It is located on the Kunisaki Peninsula facing the Seto Inland Sea. Mostly covered by forests and farmlands, the peninsula is dotted with temples. The modern city of Kunisaki w .... External links Kunisaki Official Website Dissolved municipalities of Ōita Prefecture {{Oita-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunisaki, Ōita (town)
was a town located in Higashikunisaki District, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. As of October 1, 2004, the town had an estimated population of 13,106 and the density of 116.73 persons per km2. The total area was 112.28 km2. On March 31, 2006, Kunisaki absorbed the towns of Aki, Kunimi and Musashi (all from Higashikunisaki District) to create the city of Kunisaki is a small coastal city located in Ōita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. It is located on the Kunisaki Peninsula facing the Seto Inland Sea. Mostly covered by forests and farmlands, the peninsula is dotted with temples. The modern city of Kunisaki w .... External links Kunisaki Official Website(Japanese) Dissolved municipalities of Ōita Prefecture {{Oita-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musashi, Ōita
was a town located in Higashikunisaki District, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,958 and the density of 142.40 persons per km². The total area was 41.84 km². On March 31, 2006, Musashi, along with the towns of Kunisaki (former), Aki and Kunimi (all from Higashikunisaki District), was merged to create the city of Kunisaki is a small coastal city located in Ōita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. It is located on the Kunisaki Peninsula facing the Seto Inland Sea. Mostly covered by forests and farmlands, the peninsula is dotted with temples. The modern city of Kunisaki w .... External links Kunisaki Official Website Dissolved municipalities of Ōita Prefecture {{Oita-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunisaki, Ōita
is a small coastal city located in Ōita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. It is located on the Kunisaki Peninsula facing the Seto Inland Sea. Mostly covered by forests and farmlands, the peninsula is dotted with temples. The modern city of Kunisaki was founded on March 31, 2006, from the merger of the former town of Kunisaki, absorbing the towns of Aki, Kunimi and Musashi (all from Higashikunisaki District). As of March 31, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 29,098, with 13,223 households and a population density of . The total area is . Oita Airport is located in Kunisaki. History Nuclear-free zone On June 25, 2008, the City of Kunisaki declared itself a 'Nuclear-free Peace City" in wishing the abolition of nuclear weapons and world permanent peace. Geography Located in northern Kyushu and the north east of Oita prefecture. Mountains * Mt. Futago (Futago-san) at 720m and the tallest * Mt. Monju (Monju-san) * Mt. Odomure * Mt. Otake * Mt. Takeshi Washinosu * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
