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The least-populated city, Utashinai, Hokkaidō, has a population of merely four thousand, while a town in the same prefecture, Otofuke, Hokkaidō, has nearly forty thousand residents, and the country's largest village Yomitan, Okinawa has a population of 40,517. The capital city, Tokyo, no longer has city status.
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.
Utashinai was formerly a prosperous coal mining city, but its fortunes has declined greatly since the closing of the coal mines. The population peaked at 46,000 in 1948, and has been decreasing every year since. Efforts to transform Utashinai from a gritty coal mining town to an alpine tourist destination have met
Contact us; Contribute Help; ... its estimated population is 373,736 and its area is 6,558.26 km 2. ... Utashinai: 歌志内市 55.99 3,019 Yūbari:
1897 - Nae Village (now Sunagawa City) and part of Takikawa Village (now City) split off to form Utashinai Village. 1900 - Ashibetsu Village split off of Utashinai Village. 1906 - Ashibetsu becomes a Second Class Municipality. 1917 - Kuhara Mining Industry Yuya Ashibetu Coal Mine opened. 1923 - First Class Municipality.
This is a list of college towns, residential areas (towns, districts, etc.) that are socioeconomically dominated by a college or university, sorted by continent.. Generally, to be classified as a college town, a town should exhibit one or more of the following:
Hokkaidō has the third-largest population of Japan's five main islands, with 5,111,691 people as of 2023. [3] [53] It has the lowest population density in Japan, with just 61 inhabitants per square kilometre (160/sq mi). Hokkaidō ranks 21st in population among the world's islands.
The largest prefecture-level entity: Hokkaidō, 83,455 km².; The smallest prefecture-level entity: Kagawa, 1,862 km². Ōsaka was once the smallest, but became larger because of the reclamation of the Kansai International Airport.