Kitami

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Kitami-shi
北 見 市
Kitami
Geographical location in Japan
Kitami (Japan)
Red pog.svg
Region : Hokkaidō
Prefecture : Hokkaidō
Coordinates : 43 ° 48 '  N , 143 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 48 '28 "  N , 143 ° 53' 39"  E
Basic data
Surface: 1,427.56 km²
Residents : 116,848
(September 30, 2019)
Population density : 82 inhabitants per km²
Community key : 01208-4
Postal code area : 090-0001-099-2231
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Flag / coat of arms of Kitami
Tree : Japanese yew
Flower : Garden chrysanthemum
town hall
Address : Kitami City Hall
2 - 1 Kita-5-jō-Higashi
Kitami -shi
Hokkaidō  090-8501
Website URL: http://www.city.kitami.lg.jp/
Location Kitamis in Hokkaidō Prefecture
Location of Kitamis in the 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
Barrhead CanadaCanada Canada Twin town 1991
Elizabeth United StatesUnited States New Jersey, United States Twin town 1969
Jinju Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea Twin town 1985
Kochi JapanJapan Japan Twin town 1986
Marumori JapanJapan Japan Twin town 1996
Ōno JapanJapan Japan City friendship 1998
Poronaisk RussiaRussia Russia City friendship 1972
Sakawa JapanJapan Japan Twin town 1988

sons and daughters of the town

Neighboring cities and communities

Web links

Commons : Kitami  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 市民 が 主体 の ま ち づ く り ・ 数字 で 見 る 北 見 市. (PDF) Retrieved May 16, 2016 .
  2. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / sapporo.usconsulate.gov
  3. ^ Sister Cities. Kochi, December 23, 2008, accessed July 16, 2011 .