Hokkaidō
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Hokkaidō Prefecture covers the entire island.[2]
About 5,500,000 people live on the island. It is north of Honshu. It is the second largest Japanese island.[3] It has a humid continental climate (Dfa/Dfb in the Köppen climate classification) with cold snowy winters and warm to hot summers.
Agriculture is an important part of the island's economy.
Regions
Hokkaidō region is one of Japan's traditional geographic regions.[4]
The region covers the entire island.[1] The island and the region have been called Hokkaidō since 1869.[3]
Hokkaidō Media
The samurai and the Ainu, c. 1775
Matsumae Takahiro, a Matsumae lord of the late Edo period (December 10, 1829 – June 9, 1866)
The Goryōkaku fort in Hakodate
The Ainu, Hokkaidō's indigenous people
Skyline of Sapporo city, the most populous city in Hokkaido and the 5th most populous city in Japan
Hokkaido prefecture population pyramid in 2020
Map of Hokkaido showing the subprefectures and the primary cities
Map of Hokkaido within Japan, including the disputed Kuril islands
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Related pages
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Library of Congress Country Studies, Japan (LOC), "Geographic Regions, Hokkaido". Retrieved 2012-2-13.
- ↑ Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Hokkaido Prefecture, Regional Information Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-4-6.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Hokkaido" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 343.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Geography" at p. 242.
Other websites
Media related to Hokkaido at Wikimedia Commons