Uryū (雨竜町, Uryū-chō) is a town located in Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Uryū
雨竜町 | |
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Town | |
Uryunuma Wetland | |
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![]() Location of Uryū in Hokkaido (Sorachi Subprefecture) | |
![]() ![]() Uryū Location in Japan | |
Coordinates: 43°39′N 141°53′E | |
Country | Japan |
Region | Hokkaido |
Prefecture | Hokkaido (Sorachi Subprefecture) |
District | Uryū |
Area | |
• Total | 190.91 km2 (73.71 sq mi) |
Population (September 30, 2016) | |
• Total | 2,546 |
• Density | 13/km2 (35/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
Website | www |
As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 2,546, and a density of 13.3 persons per km2. The total area is 190.91 square kilometres (73.71 sq mi).[1]
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".[1]
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".
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