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Kuromatsunai, Hokkaido

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Country
  
Japan

Area
  
345.6 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 2:21 PM

Region
  
Hokkaido

Website
  
www.kuromatsunai.com

Population
  
2,983 (30 Sep 2016)

District
  
Suttsu District, Hokkaido

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Prefecture
  
Hokkaido (Shiribeshi Subprefecture)

Time zone
  
Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

City hall address
  
302-1 Kuromatsunai, Kuromatsunai, Suttsu-gun, Hokkaido 048-0192

Weather
  
5°C, Wind NW at 21 km/h, 68% Humidity

Kuromatsunai (黒松内町, Kuromatsunai-chō) is a town located in Suttsu District, Shiribeshi, Hokkaido, Japan.

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Map of Kuromatsunai, Suttsu District, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan

As of 30 September 2016 the town had an estimated population of 2,983 and a density of 8.6 persons per km². The total area of the town is 345.65 km².

Geography

Kuromatsunai is located in the southern part of Shiribeshi Subprefecture and while close to both the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean the town itself has no coastline. The Shubetsu River flows through Kuromatsunai.

The town, being the northernmost area of Japan in which beech trees grow naturally, has designated the beech a natural treasure.

Neighboring towns and village

  • Shiribeshi Subprefecture
  • Suttsu
  • Rankoshi
  • Shimamaki
  • Iburi Subprefecture
  • Toyoura
  • Oshima Subprefecture
  • Oshamambe

    • History

  • 1902 Kuromatsunai Village becomes a Second Class Village.
  • 1915 Neppu Village becomes a Second Class Village.
  • 1923 Tarukishi Village becomes a Second Class Village.
  • 1955 Kuromatsunai Village, Neppu Village, and a part of Tarukishi Village are merged to form the new village of Miwa.
  • 1959 Miwa Village becomes Miwa Town.
  • 1959 Miwa is renamed Kuromatsunai.

    • Transportation

  • Hakodate Main Line: Kuromatsunai Station - Neppu Station
  • Hokkaido Expressway: Kuromatsunai JCT
  • Kuromatsunai Shindo: Kuromatsunai JCT - Kuromatsunai-minami IC - Kuromatsunai IC
  • Route 5

    • Sister city

  • Seiyo, Ehime (since 1993)

    • Education

  • Junior high schools
  • Kuromatsunai Junior High School
  • Shiroikawa Junior High School
  • Elementary schools
  • Kuromatsunai Elementary School
  • Shiroikawa Elementary School

    • References

    Kuromatsunai, Hokkaido Wikipedia
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