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Kameda District, Hokkaido
is a district located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 2004, the district has an estimated population of 39,166 and a density of 111.43 persons per km2. The total area is 351.49 km2 (136 miles²). Towns * Nanae Merger *On December 1, 2004, the towns of Esan and Toi, and the village of Todohokke merged into the expanded city of Hakodate is a Cities of Japan, city and seaports of Japan, port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture. As of January 31, 2024, the city had an estimated population of 239,813 with 138,807 househol .... *On February 1, 2006, the town of Ōno merged with the town of Kamiiso, from Kamiiso District, to form the new city of Hokuto. References Districts in Hokkaido Oshima Subprefecture {{Hokkaido-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanae In Oshima Subprefecture , a Usenet newsgroup
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Nanae may refer to: *Nanae (given name), a feminine Japanese given name *Nanae, Hokkaido, a town in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan **Nanae Station, a railway station in the town of Nanae *news.admin.net-abuse.email news.admin.net-abuse.email (sometimes abbreviated nanae or n.a.n-a.e, and often incorrectly spelled with a hyphen in "email") is a Usenet newsgroup devoted to discussion of the abuse of email systems, specifically through E-mail spam, email spam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toi, Hokkaido
is a city and port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture. As of January 31, 2024, the city had an estimated population of 239,813 with 138,807 households, and a population density of . The total area is . The city is the third largest in Hokkaido after Sapporo and Asahikawa. History Hakodate was Japan's first city whose port was opened to foreign trade in 1854, as a result of Convention of Kanagawa, and used to be the most important port in northern Japan. The city was the biggest city in Hokkaido before the Great Fire of Hakodate in 1934. Pre–Meiji Restoration Hakodate (like other parts of around Hokkaido) was originally populated by the Ainu. The name "Hakodate" may have originated from an Ainu word, "hak-casi" ("shallow fort"). Another possibility is that it means "box" or "building" in Japanese which refers to the castle built by the Kono (Kano) clan in the fifteenth century. Hakodate was founded in 1454, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hokuto, Hokkaido
is a city in the center of the Oshima Subprefecture in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. It serves as a bedroom community for Hakodate, Hokkaido, Hakodate, to the east of the city. Hokuto was formed on February 1, 2006, from merging the town of Kamiiso, Hokkaido, Kamiiso, from Kamiiso District, Hokkaido, Kamiiso District, and the town of Ōno, Hokkaido, Ōno, from Kameda District, Hokkaido, Kameda District. Hokuto is the third city to be established in Oshima. (The second, Kameda, Hokkaido, Kameda, no longer exists, being dissolved just two years after its founding in 1971). Hokuto is the second largest city in Oshima by population after the city of Hakodate. Geography Hokuto is in the middle of Oshima, a peninsula in Hokkaido's south. The southeast portion is mostly plains and the western part is more mountainous. The south borders the Hakodate Bay. The Ōno River (Hokkaido), Ōno River runs north and south through the middle of Hokuto. *Mountain: Katsuratake (734m) *Rivers: � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamiiso District, Hokkaido
is a district located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 2004, the district has an estimated population of 48,470 and a 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 71.18 persons per km2. The total area is 680.95 km2. Towns * Kikonai * Shiriuchi Merger *On February 1, 2006, the town of Kamiiso merged with the town of Ōno, from Kameda District, to form the new city of Hokuto. References Districts in Hokkaido Oshima Subprefecture {{Hokkaido-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamiiso, Hokkaido
was a town located in Kamiiso District, Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 2004, the town had an estimated population of 36,887 and a 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 140.57 persons per km2. The total area was 262.41 km2. On February 1, 2006, Kamiiso was merged with the town of Ōno (from Kameda District) to form the new city of Hokuto. References External linksHokuto official website Dissolved municipalities of Hokkaido {{Hokkaido-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōno, Hokkaido
was a town located in Kameda District, Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 2004, the town had an estimated population of 10,826 and a 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 80.26 persons per km2. The total area was 134.88 km2. On February 1, 2006, Ōno was merged with the town of Kamiiso (from Kamiiso District) to form the new city of Hokuto. References External linksHokuto official website Dissolved municipalities of Hokkaido {{Hokkaido-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakodate, Hokkaido
is a city and port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture. As of January 31, 2024, the city had an estimated population of 239,813 with 138,807 households, and a population density of . The total area is . The city is the third largest in Hokkaido after Sapporo and Asahikawa. History Hakodate was Japan's first city whose port was opened to foreign trade in 1854, as a result of Convention of Kanagawa, and used to be the most important port in northern Japan. The city was the biggest city in Hokkaido before the Great Fire of Hakodate in 1934. Pre–Meiji Restoration Hakodate (like other parts of around Hokkaido) was originally populated by the Ainu. The name "Hakodate" may have originated from an Ainu word, "hak-casi" ("shallow fort"). Another possibility is that it means "box" or "building" in Japanese which refers to the castle built by the Kono (Kano) clan in the fifteenth century. Hakodate was founded in 1454, wh ... [...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] |
Nanae, Hokkaido
is a town located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. In April 2017, the town had an estimated population of 28,514, with 13,639 households, and a population density of . The total area is . Geography Nanae is at the southern end of the Oshima Peninsula, about away from Hakodate. The name of is derived from two former villages, and , a stratovolcano, is the highest mountain in the town, located on the town's boundary with Mori and Shikabe. Part of the , including the (大沼) and Konuma (小沼) ponds, is located within the town boundaries of Nanae. History *1897: Nanae village and Iida village was merged to form Nanae village. *1902: Nanae village was merged with neighboring villages and became a Second Class Village. *1957: Nanae village became Nanae town. Transportation Rail Nanae is served by the JR Hokkaido Hakodate Main Line, which links Hakodate with Sapporo and Asahikawa. Formerly, Sawara Branch Line also ran through the town. Ikedaen, Nagareyama ... [...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] |
