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Shingū, Hyōgo
was a town located in Ibo District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Population As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 17,139 and a density of 172.16 persons per km2. The total area was 99.55 km2. History On October 1, 2005, Shingū, along with the towns of Ibogawa and Mitsu (all from Ibo District), was merged into the expanded city of Tatsuno. Attractions The town of Shingū was located approximately 35 km west of the city of Himeji 260px, Himeji City Hall is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 525,682 in 227,099 households and a population density of 980 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .... The town consisted of numerous old homes of traditional Japanese design and sits among abundant rice fields. The town is surrounded on three sides by mountains of several hundred feet. References External links * (Japanese) * (Japanese) Dissolved municipaliti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Standard Time
, or , is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+09:00). Japan does not observe daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated on several occasions. During World War II, the time zone was often referred to as Tokyo Standard Time. Japan Standard Time is equivalent to Time in South Korea, Korean Standard Time, Time in North Korea, Pyongyang Time (North Korea), Time in Indonesia, Eastern Indonesia Standard Time, Time in East Timor, East-Timorese Standard Time, Time in Palau, Palau Time, and Yakutsk Time (Russia). History Before the Meiji (era), Meiji era (1868–1912), each local region had its own time zone in which noon was when the sun was exactly at its culmination. As modern transportation methods, such as trains, were adopted, this practice became a source of confusion. For example, there is a difference of about 5 degrees longitude between Tokyo and Osaka and because of this, a train that departed from Tokyo would arrive at Osaka 20 minu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Towns In 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] |
Ibo District, Hyōgo
is a district located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 2020, the district has an estimated population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ... of 34,105. The total area is 22.61 km2. Towns and villages * Taishi Merger *On October 1, 2005 the towns of Ibogawa, Mitsu and Shingū merged into the expanded city of Tatsuno. References Districts in Hyōgo Prefecture {{Hyogo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyōgo Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, and Okayama Prefecture, Okayama and Tottori Prefecture, Tottori prefectures to the west. Kobe is the capital and largest city of Hyōgo Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, seventh-largest city in Japan, with other List of cities in Hyōgo Prefecture by population, major cities including Himeji, Nishinomiya, and Amagasaki. Hyōgo Prefecture's mainland stretches from the Sea of Japan to the Seto Inland Sea, where Awaji Island and a small archipelago of islands belonging to the prefecture are located. Hyōgo Prefecture is a major economic center, transportation hub, and tourist destination in western Japan, with 20% of the prefecture's land area designated as List of national parks of Japan#History, Natural Parks. Hyōgo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and List of islands of Japan, thousands of smaller islands, covering . Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and List of cities in Japan, its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the List of largest cities, largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 Prefectures of Japan, administrative prefectures and List of regions of Japan, eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of Geography of Japan, the countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, Race (human categorization), race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of Sexual reproduction, interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possi ... [...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] |
Ibogawa, Hyōgo
was a List of towns in Japan, town located in Ibo District, Hyōgo, Ibo District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 12,898 and a density of 545.14 persons per km2. The total area was 23.66 km2. On October 1, 2005, Ibogawa, along with the towns of Mitsu, Hyōgo, Mitsu and Shingū, Hyōgo, Shingū (all from Ibo District, Hyōgo, Ibo District), was merged into the expanded city of Tatsuno, Hyōgo, Tatsuno. The town's name continues to be used as a part of addresses within the former town area. Geography The Ibo River runs along the eastern edge of the town. Adjoining municipalities *Tatsuno, Hyōgo, Tatsuno (as formerly constituted), Aioi, Hyōgo, Aioi, Mitsu, Hyōgo, Mitsu (also of Ibo District, Hyōgo, Ibo District) History * 1951 April 1 – The town is established from the merger of the villages of Handa, Hyōgo, Handa, Kanbe, Hyōgo, Kanbe, Kōchi, Hyōgo, Kōchi. * 1951 August 10 – A small part of the town belonging ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsu, Hyōgo
was a town located in Ibo District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 11,966 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 665.89 persons per km2. The total area was 17.97 km2. On October 1, 2005, Mitsu, along with the towns of Ibogawa and Shingū (all from Ibo District), was merged into the expanded city of Tatsuno. References Dissolved municipalities of Hyōgo Prefecture Tatsuno, Hyōgo {{Hyogo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuno, Hyōgo
is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 74,414 in 31119 households and a population density of 6200 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . The city's name is spelled "たつの", using hiragana, but the name of Tatsuno Station uses the kanji characters "竜野", while the historic name for the place uses the characters "龍野." According to the ''Harima no Kuni Fudoki'', the origin of the name "Tatsuno" was that upon the death of Nomi no Sukune in Ibo District (now in the city of Tatsuno), many came from Izumo and used rock from the Ibo River to make a grave, standing stones in a row on the plain. Thus, it was called "立野", with characters meaning "stand" and "plain", from which it is thought to have changed to "龍野". Nomi no Sukune Shrine is located at the place said to be his grave. Geography Tatsuno is located in southwestern Hyōgo Prefecture extending largely south to north. The city's northern region is mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himeji, Hyōgo
260px, Himeji City Hall is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 525,682 in 227,099 households and a population density of 980 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Himeji is located in the central western part of the Harima Plain in the western part of Hyogo Prefecture, and is the central city of the Harima region of the prefecture. The Ichikawa River is located in the central eastern part of the city, and the Senba River and Noda River are located in the center. The Ieshima Islands in the Seto Inland Sea are within the city limits and are located off the coast of Harima Bay. The city is surrounded by the mountains and the sea. Neighbouring municipalities Hyōgo Prefecture * Ichikawa * Kakogawa * Kamikawa * Kasai * Shisō * Taishi * Takasago * Tatsuno Climate Himeji has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') with hot summers and cool winters. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dissolved Municipalities Of Hyōgo Prefecture
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