Kitami
Kitami-shi 北 見 市 |
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Geographical location in Japan | ||
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Region : | Hokkaidō | |
Prefecture : | Hokkaidō | |
Coordinates : | 43 ° 48 ' N , 143 ° 54' E | |
Basic data | ||
Surface: | 1,427.56 km² | |
Residents : | 116,848 (September 30, 2019) |
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Population density : | 82 inhabitants per km² | |
Community key : | 01208-4 | |
Postal code area : | 090-0001-099-2231 | |
Symbols | ||
Flag / coat of arms: | ||
Tree : | Japanese yew | |
Flower : | Garden chrysanthemum | |
town hall | ||
Address : |
Kitami City Hall 2 - 1 Kita-5-jō-Higashi Kitami -shi Hokkaidō 090-8501 |
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Website URL: | http://www.city.kitami.lg.jp/ | |
Location Kitamis in Hokkaidō Prefecture | ||
Kitami ( Japanese 北 見 市 , - shi ) is a city in the Okhotsk sub-prefecture on the island of Hokkaidō ( Japan ).
geography
Kitami is east of Sapporo , west of Abashiri and north of Kushiro on the Sea of Okhotsk .
traffic
The Kitami Station is located on the Sekihoku Main Line of JR Hokkaido ; Trains run to Asahikawa and Abashiri . The Furusato Ginga line to Ikeda was shut down in 2006.
The city can be reached via national roads 39, 238, 242 and 333.
Sports
Every year since 1986 along the Saroma Lake of Lake Saroma-100-km ultramarathon through the communities Yubetsu , Saroma and Kitami instead.
Culture
Town twinning
Kitami lists eight community partnerships:
city | country | Type | since |
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Barrhead | Canada | Twin town | 1991 |
Elizabeth | New Jersey, United States | Twin town | 1969 |
Jinju | South Korea | Twin town | 1985 |
Kochi | Japan | Twin town | 1986 |
Marumori | Japan | Twin town | 1996 |
Ōno | Japan | City friendship | 1998 |
Poronaisk | Russia | City friendship | 1972 |
Sakawa | Japan | Twin town | 1988 |
sons and daughters of the town
- Mari Motohashi (* 1986), curler
- Akira Takase (* 1988), soccer player
- Anna Ōmiya (* 1989, then Tokoro), curler
- Satsuki Fujisawa (* 1991), curler
- Tatsuki Nara (* 1993), soccer player
Neighboring cities and communities
Web links
Commons : Kitami - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ 市民 が 主体 の ま ち づ く り ・ 数字 で 見 る 北 見 市. (PDF) Retrieved May 16, 2016 .
- ↑ About Us | Sapporo, Japan - Consulate General of the United States. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 21, 2011 ; accessed on May 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Sister Cities. Kochi, December 23, 2008, accessed July 16, 2011 .