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Sōraku District, Kyoto
is a district in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 2007, the district had an estimated population of 44,982 and a density of 252.27 persons per km2. The total area is 178.31 km2. Towns and villages * Kasagi * Minamiyamashiro *Seika *Wazuka Former towns The following towns merged to create the new city of Kizugawa 270px, Joruri-ji is a city located in southern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 79,866 in 33183 households and a population density of 940 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Kizugawa C ... on March 12, 2007. * Kamo * Kizu * Yamashiro Districts in Kyoto Prefecture {{Kyoto-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 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] |
Kyoto Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Kyoto Prefecture has a population of 2,561,358 () and has a geographic area of . Kyoto Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the northeast, Shiga Prefecture to the east, Mie Prefecture to the southeast, Nara Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture to the south, and Hyōgo Prefecture to the west. Kyoto, the capital and largest city, accommodates 57% of the prefecture's total population, with other major cities including Uji, Kameoka, Kyoto, Kameoka, and Maizuru. Kyoto Prefecture is located on the Sea of Japan coast and extends to the southeast towards the Kii Peninsula, covering territory of the former Provinces of Japan, provinces of Yamashiro Province, Yamashiro, Tamba Province, Tamba, and Tango Province, Tango. Kyoto Prefecture is centered on the historic Imperial Court in Kyoto, Imperial capital of Kyoto, and is one of Japan's two "Fu (administrative division), prefectures" using the designation ' ... [...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] |
Kasagi, Kyoto
270px, Kizugawa River and Mount Kasagi is a town in Sōraku District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. , it has a population of 1,108 in 579 households and a population density of 47 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . It has the smallest population of any municipality in Kyoto. Geography Kasagi is located in far southern Kyoto Prefecture. Forests occupy 80% of the total area, with the Kizugawa River flowing through the center of the town, the Nunome River and the Uchitaki River flowing from the south, and the Yokogawa River from the north. The town also enclaves scattered in the eastern part of the Kamo district of Kizugawa city. Parts of the town are within the borders of the Kasagiyama Prefectural Natural Park. Neighboring municipalities ; Kyoto Prefecture * Kizugawa * Minamiyamashiro * Wazuka ; Nara Prefecture *Nara Climate Kasagi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minamiyamashiro, Kyoto
270px, Minamiyamashiro Village Hall 270px, Tea plantations in Minamiyamashiro Village is a village located in Sōraku District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. the village has an estimated population of 2,472 in 1219 households and a population density of 39 persons per km2. The total area of the village is . Geography Minamiyamashiro is located in the far southeastern corner of Kyoto Prefecture. The Kizu River flows through the village. Neighboring municipalities ;Kyoto Prefecture * Sōraku District ( Kasagi・ Wazuka) ;Mie Prefecture *Iga ;Nara Prefecture *Nara ;Shiga Prefecture *Kōka Climate Minamiyamashiro has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Minamiyamashiro is 13.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1439 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.5 °C, and lowest in January, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seika, Kyoto
is a town located in Sōraku District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. the town has an estimated population of 36,542 in 15,468 households and a population density of 1,400 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Seika is located at the extreme southwestern tip of Kyoto Prefecture, bordered by the Kizu River to the east and the Keihanna Hills to the west. Due to its position adjacent to the Kizu River, the eastern part of Seika has rich, fertile land ideal for agricultural production. The hilly western and southern parts of Seika, by contrast, are largely residential. Seika's largest peak is Dakeyama (嶽山), at 259.5 meters. It is located on the west side of Seika near the border of Kyotanabe city. Neighboring municipalities ;Kyoto Prefecture ** Kizugawa ** Kyōtanabe ;Nara Prefecture ** Ikoma ** Nara Neighborhoods *Higashibata (東畑) *Hikaridai (光台) *Hishida (菱田) *Housono (祝園) *Housono-nishi (祝園西) *Inuidani (乾谷) *Kita-inayazuma (北 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wazuka, Kyoto
270px, Tea plantations in Wazuka is a town located in Sōraku District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. , the town has an estimated population of 3,571. and a population density of 54 persons per km2. The total area is 64.93 km2. Geography Wazuka is located in the hills of far southeastern of Kyoto Prefecture. Neighboring municipalities ;Kyoto Prefecture *Kizugawa * Sōraku District ( Kasagi・ Minamiyamashiro) * Tsuzuki District ( Ide・ Ujitawara) ;Shiga Prefecture *Kōka Climate Wazuka has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Wazuka is 13.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1439 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2,1 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Wazuka has declined in recent decades. History T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kizugawa, Kyoto
file:Joruriji Kizugawa Kyoto pref Japan02s3.jpg, 270px, Joruri-ji is a Cities of Japan, city located in southern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 79,866 in 33183 households and a population density of 940 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Kizugawa City is located on the southern border of Kyoto Prefecture. The city consists of a plain area formed along the curving Kizu River, Kizugawa River in the western part of the city area, gentle hills that form the edge of the plain, and mountains to the north and southeast. In addition, the eastern part of the Kamo district is dotted with enclaves of Kasagi, Kyoto, Kasagi town. It is located approximately 30 to 40 km from the centers of Kyoto City and Osaka City, and approximately 8 km from the center of Nara City. Neighboring municipalities ; Kyoto Prefecture *Kyōtanabe, Kyoto, Kyōtanabe *Sōraku District, Kyoto , Sōraku District (Wazuka, Kyoto, Wazuka, Kasagi, Kyoto, Kasag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamo, Kyoto
is a district of the city of Kizugawa, Kyoto, Kizugawa, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It was List of towns in Japan, a town in its own right in Sōraku District, Kyoto, Sōraku District until 2007. Kamo and the towns of Kizu, Kyoto, Kizu and Yamashiro, Kyoto, Yamashiro (all from Sōraku District) merged to create the city of Kizugawa on March 12, 2007. As of February 1, 2007, prior to the merger, Kamo had an estimated population of 15,907 and a density of 430.27 persons per km2. The total area was 36.97 km2. Between the years of 740 to 744, Kamo had been the capital of Japan named Kuni-kyō. External links Kamo official website (archived) in Japanese Kizugawa, Kyoto Dissolved municipalities of Kyoto Prefecture {{Kyoto-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
