was a

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located in Abashiri District, Abashiri Subprefecture (now

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. As of 2004, the town had an estimated

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of 5,925 and a

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of 37.26 persons per km². The total area was 159.02 km². On March 31, 2006, Memanbetsu was merged with the village of Higashimokoto (also from Abashiri District) to create the new town of Ōzora. Memanbetsu's name was derived from the Ainu "Memanpet" meaning "River with a spring"

Transportation

In the area of the former town,

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(JR Hokkaido) operates two stations along the Sekihoku Line: * Memambetsu Station * Nishi-Memambetsu Station Both are named after the former town.

Memanbetsu Airport is an airport in the Memanbetsu section of Ōzora, Hokkaidō, Ōzora, a town in Hokkaidō, Japan. The airport is close to Shiretoko National Park and consistently has over one million passengers per year. History The current airfield was ope ...

is named after the former town.

History

*1890 – Establishment of timber harvesting for the purpose of supplying the match manufacturing industry *1898 – Agriculture begins, bringing the first extensive settlement of the area *1912 – With the opening of Memambetsu station on the new railway line between Kitami and Abashiri large numbers of settlers begin arriving and a small village begins to develop *April 1921 – Memanbetsu is administratively separated from

Abashiri is a city located in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Abashiri is known as the site of the Abashiri Prison, a Meiji-era facility used for the incarceration of political prisoners. The old prison has been turned into a museum, but the ...

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and accorded official village status *April 1951 – Memanbetsu is accorded official town status *31 March 2006 – Memanbetsu Town is merged with Higashimokoto Village (also in Abashiri District) to form the new town of Ōzora

Climate

References

External links

Internet Archive of Memanbetsu's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Memanbetsu, Hokkaido Dissolved municipalities of Hokkaido