Country Japan Website www.city.nayoro.lg.jp Population 28,373 (Sep 2016) Bird Great spotted woodpecker | Region Hokkaido Area 535.2 km² Local time Thursday 11:24 AM | |
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Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) City hall address 1-1 Ōdōri Minami, Nayoro-shi, Hokkaido
096-8686 Weather 0°C, Wind NW at 18 km/h, 67% Humidity Prefecture Hokkaido (Kamikawa Subprefecture) Colleges and Universities Nayoro City University, Nayoro City University Junior College Points of interest Hokkaidoritsu Sun Pillar Park, Nayoroshi Kitaguni Museum, Nayoroshi Furenrekishiminzoku Museum, Mount Piyashiri | ||
Nayoro (名寄市, Nayoro-shi, Ainu: Nay Oro meaning "in the middle of the valley") is a city in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
Contents
- Map of Nayoro Hokkaido Prefecture Japan
- History
- Universities
- Junior colleges
- High schools
- Rail
- Road
- Climate
- International
- Within Japan
- References
Map of Nayoro, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
As of 2016, the city has an estimated population of 28,373 and a population density of 53 persons per km2 (140 persons per sq. mi.). The total area is 535.23 km2 (206.65 sq mi).
On March 27, 2006, the town of Fūren (from Kamikawa (Teshio) District) was merged into Nayoro.
History
Universities
Junior colleges
High schools
Rail
Nayoro Main Line and Shimmei Line used to run from Nayoro Station. There was Chitō Station between Nisshin Station and Hokusei Station.
Road
Nayoro is linked with National Route 40 linking Wakkanai and southern Hokkaido as well as the Hokkaidō Expressway linking with the island capital of Sapporo. Nayoro is bypassed to the west with the Nayoro Bypass (Route 40) serving two interchanges.
Climate
Nayoro has a wet and snowy warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The climate retains warm and sometimes hot summers with very cold winters by Japanese standards, coupled with heavy sea-effect snowfall.