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Obira, Hokkaidō
280px, former Handa Family Banya 280px, Obira town center is a town located in Rumoi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 2,660 in 1,499 households, and a population density of 4.2 people per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Obira is located in the Rumoi jurisdiction in northern Hokkaido, bordered by the Sea of Japan to the west. Neighbouring municipalities * Hokkaido ** Rumoi ** Tomamae ** Fukagawa ** Numata ** Horokanai Climate Obira has a Humid continental climate (Köppen ''Dfb'') characterized by cold summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Obira is 7.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1227 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 20.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around -5.9 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Obira is as shown below. The town is in a long per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns Of 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] |