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Sōryō, Hiroshima
was a town located in Kōnu District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of November 2021, the town had a population of 1,212 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematicall ... of 17.16 persons per km². The total area was 70.61 km². On March 31, 2005, Sōryō, along with the towns of Hiwa, Kuchiwa, Saijō, Takano and Tōjō (all from Hiba District), was merged into the expanded city of Shōbara. References External links Shōbara official website Dissolved municipalities of Hiroshima Prefecture Shōbara, Hiroshima {{Hiroshima-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Towns In Japan
A town (町; ''chō'' or ''machi'') is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture (''ken'' or other equivalents), city (''shi''), and village (''mura''). Geographically, a town is contained within a district. Note that the same word (町; ''machi'' or ''chō'') is also used in names of smaller regions, usually a part of a 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 * Japanese addressing system The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. When written in Japanese characters, addresses start with the largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. When written in Latin alphabet, Lati ... References {{reflist External links DF 7 of 40">"Large City System of Japan"; graphic shows towns compared with other Japanese city types at p. 1 [PDF 7 of 40/now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōnu District, Hiroshima
was a district located in Hiroshima Prefecture. On March 31, 2005, the town of Sōryō, along with the towns of Hiwa, Kuchiwa, Saijō, Takano and Tōjō (all from Hiba District), was merged into the expanded city of Shōbara. Therefore, Kōnu District was dissolved as a result of this merger. The previous territory of the district is now the cities of Shōbara, Fuchū, Miyoshi, and the town of Jinsekikōgen in Jinseki District. The towns and villages once part of Kōnu District (at the 1889 municipal status enforcement) * Arida (有田村) * Arifuku (有福村) * Inaga (井永村) * Inakusa (稲草村) * Ogaya (岡屋村) * Ozuka (小塚村) * Kajita (梶田村) * Kamiryōke (上領家村) * Kamedani (亀谷村) * Kiya (木屋村) * Kurome (黒目村) * Goka (五箇村) * Kohori (小堀村) * Sakura (佐倉村) * Shinami (階見村) * Shimoryōke (下領家村) * Jōge (上下村) * Tarōmaru (太郎丸村) * Chiwa (知和村) * Tomasu (斗升村) * Nakaryōke (中領� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama Prefecture to the east, Tottori Prefecture to the northeast, Shimane Prefecture to the north, and Yamaguchi Prefecture to the southwest. Hiroshima is the capital and largest city of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region, with other major cities including Fukuyama, Kure, and Higashihiroshima. Hiroshima Prefecture is located on the Seto Inland Sea across from the island of Shikoku, and is bounded to the north by the Chūgoku Mountains. Hiroshima Prefecture is one of the three prefectures of Japan with more than one UNESCO World Heritage Site. History The area around Hiroshima was formerly divided into Bingo Province and Aki Province. This location has been a center of trade and culture since the beginning of Japan's r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 123.2 million on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of soc ... which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population Density
Population density (in agriculture: 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. In simple terms, population density refers to the number of people living in an area per square kilometre, or other unit of land area. 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 pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiwa, Hiroshima
was a town located in Hiba District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of November 2021, the town had a population of 1,229 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematicall ... of 9.36 persons per km2. The total area was 131.30 km2. On March 31, 2005, Hiwa, along with the towns of Kuchiwa, Saijō, Takano and Tōjō (all from Hiba District), and the town of Sōryō (from Kōnu District), was merged into the expanded city of Shōbara. External linksHiwa official websitein Japanese Dissolved municipalities of Hiroshima Prefecture Shōbara, Hiroshima {{Hiroshima-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuchiwa, Hiroshima
was a town located in Hiba District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of November 2021, the town had a population of 1,864 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematicall ... of 16.93 persons per km². The total area was 110.13 km². On March 31, 2005, Kuchiwa, along with the towns of Hiwa, Saijō, Takano and Tōjō (all from Hiba District), and the town of Sōryō (from Kōnu District), was merged into the expanded city of Shōbara. External links Shōbara official website Dissolved municipalities of Hiroshima Prefecture Shōbara, Hiroshima {{Hiroshima-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saijō, Hiroshima (Shōbara)
was a town located in Hiba District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The site of a feudal castle from the Sengoku period, it was first incorporated as a town in 1898. It then went through several mergers with other towns and villages in the area before being incorporated itself into the city of Shōbara in March 2005. It is now a municipal division within Shōbara. There are three elementary schools, a junior high school, and a high school located in Saijō. The area is served by the JR West Geibi and Kisuki railway lines. Saijō is located on Japan National Route 183 and 314, and is crossed by three major Hiroshima Prefectural Highways and ten smaller prefectural highways. Etymology The name of , which literally means "West Castle Town", is derived from the castle which was built in the area by a feudal lord during the Sengoku period. A comparable castle was built in the nearby Tōjō (which means "East Castle Town"). Neither castle is still standing, though you can view par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takano, Hiroshima
was a town located in Hiba District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of November 2021, the town had a population of 1,593 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematicall ... of 10.00 persons per km². The total area was 159.18 km². On March 31, 2005, Takano, along with the towns of Hiwa, Kuchiwa, Saijō and Tōjō (all from Hiba District), and the town of Sōryō (from Kōnu District), was merged into the expanded city of Shōbara. References External links Shōbara official website Dissolved municipalities of Hiroshima Prefecture Shōbara, Hiroshima {{Hiroshima-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōjō, Hiroshima
was a List of towns in Japan, town located in Hiba District, Hiroshima, Hiba District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of November 2021, the town had a population of 7,145 and a population density of 23.43 persons per square kilometer. The total area was 304.92 km². On March 31, 2005, Tōjō, along with the towns of Hiwa, Hiroshima, Hiwa, Kuchiwa, Hiroshima, Kuchiwa, Saijō, Hiroshima (Shōbara), Saijō and Takano, Hiroshima, Takano (all from Hiba District, Hiroshima, Hiba District), and the town of Sōryō, Hiroshima, Sōryō (from Kōnu District, Hiroshima, Kōnu District), was merged into the expanded city of Shōbara, Hiroshima, Shōbara. External linksUnofficial website in English Dissolved municipalities of Hiroshima Prefecture {{Hiroshima-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiba District, Hiroshima
was a district located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 21,448 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematicall ... of 23.00 persons per km2. The total area was 932.44 km2. Former towns and villages * Hiwa * Kuchiwa * Saijō * Takano * Tōjō Merger * On March 31, 2005 - the towns of Hiwa, Kuchiwa, Saijō, Takano and Tōjō, along with the town of Sōryō (from Kōnu District), were merged into the expanded city of Shōbara. Former districts of Hiroshima Prefecture {{Hiroshima-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
