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  2. Sapporo - Wikipedia

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    As of July 31, 2023, the city has a population of 1,959,750, making it the largest city in Hokkaido and the largest north of Tokyo. It ranks as the fifth most populous city in Japan and is Hokkaido's cultural, economic, and political center. Originally a plain sparsely inhabited by the indigenous Ainu people, there were a few trade posts of the ...

  3. List of cities in Hokkaido by population - Wikipedia

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    The following table lists the 55 cities, towns and villages in Hokkaido with a population of at least 10,000 on October 1, 2020, according to the 2020 Census. The table also gives an overview of the evolution of the population since the 1995 census.

  4. Hokkaido - Wikipedia

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    The largest city on Hokkaido is its capital, Sapporo, which is also its only ordinance-designated city. Sakhalin lies about 43 kilometres (27 mi) to the north of Hokkaidō, and to the east and northeast are the Kuril Islands , which are administered by Russia , though the four most southerly are claimed by Japan .

  5. Sapporo Clock Tower - Wikipedia

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    The tower was built in 1878, and is all that remains of the drill hall of the former Sapporo Agricultural College (now Hokkaido University).The building was one of the earliest to be built in Sapporo, which was chosen as the new administrative center of Hokkaidō in 1868, the officially recognized year celebrated as the "birth" of the city.

  6. Tōbetsu, Hokkaido - Wikipedia

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    Tōbetsu means "river from marsh" in Ainu language, and in Japanese, it is called "Tōbetsu Gawa (river)". Low mountains occupy the northern area of the municipality. The southern area is a part of the Ishikari Plains. Sapporo, the largest city of Hokkaido, lies southwest of Tōbetsu. The large river of Ishikari divided Tōbetsu from Sapporo ...

  7. List of municipalities of Hokkaido - Wikipedia

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    This is the list of municipalities in Hokkaido, Japan, sorted by subprefecture: Okhotsk (formerly Abashiri) Subprefecture ... There are no cities in this ...

  8. Category:Cities in Hokkaido - Wikipedia

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    Cities in Hokkaido, Japan. Also see Category:Dissolved municipalities of Hokkaido. Subcategories. This category has the following 32 subcategories, out of 32 total. ...

  9. List of cities in Japan - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of cities in Japan sorted by prefecture and within prefecture by founding date. The list is also sortable by population, area, density and foundation date. Most large cities in Japan are cities designated by government ordinance. Some regionally important cities are designated as core cities.