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  2. Ken (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Tōdai-ji's Kon-dō's facade is 7 ken across. The ken is based on the Chinese jian.It uses the same Chinese character as the Korean kan.. A building's proportions were (and, to a certain extent, still are) measured in ken, as for example in the case of Enryaku-ji's Konponchū-dō (), which measures 11×6 bays (37.60 m × 23.92 m), of which 11×4 are dedicated to the worshipers.

  3. Japanese maps - Wikipedia

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    Japan sea map. The earliest known term used for maps in Japan is believed to be kata (形, roughly "form"), which was probably in use until roughly the 8th century.During the Nara period, the term zu (図) came into use, but the term most widely used and associated with maps in pre-modern Japan is ezu (絵図, roughly "picture diagram").

  4. MP3 - Wikipedia

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    An MP3 coded with MPEG-2 results in half of the bandwidth reproduction of MPEG-1 appropriate for piano and singing. A third generation of "MP3" style data streams (files) extended the MPEG-2 ideas and implementation but was named MPEG-2.5 audio since MPEG-3 already had a different meaning. This extension was developed at Fraunhofer IIS, the ...

  5. Iwate Prefecture - Wikipedia

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    Iwate Prefecture (岩手県, Iwate-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. [2] It is the second-largest Japanese prefecture at 15,275 square kilometres (5,898 sq mi), with a population of 1,165,886 (as of July 1, 2023).

  6. Miyazaki Prefecture - Wikipedia

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    Miyazaki Prefecture (宮崎県, Miyazaki-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. [2] Miyazaki Prefecture has a population of 1,073,054 as of 1 June 2019 and has a geographic area of 7,735 km 2 (2,986 sq mi).

  7. Department of Orang Asli Development - Wikipedia

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    The Department of Orang Asli Development (Malay: Jabatan Kemajuan Orang Asli; Jawi: جابتن كماجوان اورڠ اصلي ‎), abbreviated JAKOA, is the Malaysian government agency entrusted to oversee the affairs of the Orang Asli. This body is under the Malaysian Ministry of Rural and Regional Development and was first set up in 1954.

  8. Onagawa, Miyagi - Wikipedia

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    Onagawa is located on the rugged Sanriku Coast of north-central Miyagi Prefecture, with the Kitakami Mountains to the west and the city of Ishinomaki to the east, south and north.

  9. Usuki, Ōita - Wikipedia

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    Usuki Stone Buddhas Usuki city center area Aerial photograph. Usuki (臼杵市, Usuki-shi) is a city located on the east coast of Ōita Prefecture, Japan.As of 1 October 2023, the city had an estimated population of 34,155 in 14538 households, and a population density of 120 persons per km².