Uryū, Hokkaido

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Uryū 雨竜町
Town
Uryunuma Wetland
FlagSeal
Location of Uryū in Hokkaido (Sorachi Subprefecture)
UryūLocation in Japan
Coordinates: 43°39′N 141°53′E / 43.650°N 141.883°E / 43.650; 141.883
Country	Japan
Region	Hokkaido
Prefecture	Hokkaido (Sorachi Subprefecture)
District	Uryū
Area
• Total	190.91 km2 (73.71 sq mi)
Population (October 1, 2020)
• Total	2,389
• Density	13/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
Website	www.town.uryu.hokkaido.jp

Uryū (雨竜町, Uryū-chō) is a town located in Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

As of 1 October 2020, the town has an estimated population of 2,389, and a density of 12.5 persons per km2. The total area is 190.91 square kilometres (73.71 sq mi).

Etymology

The name of the town is from the Ainu language, but the origin of name has been lost. Urir-o-pet, one possibility, means "cormorant river".

In Japanese, the name of the town is written with ateji, or kanji characters used to phonetically represent native or borrowed words. The first, 雨, means "rain", and the second, 竜, means "dragon".

Neighboring municipalities

• Sorachi Subprefecture
  • Takikawa
  • Hokuryū
  • Moseushi
  • Shintotsukawa
• Rumoi Subprefecture
  • Mashike

References

1. ^ a b "雨竜（町）" . Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 153301537. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-08-07.

External links

• Media related to Uryū, Hokkaidō at Wikimedia Commons
• Official Website (in Japanese)

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