Haboro, Hokkaido
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Haboro 羽幌町 |
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 Location of Haboro in Hokkaido (Rumoi) |
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 Haboro
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| Coordinates: 44°21′N 141°42′E / 44.350°N 141.700°ECoordinates: 44°21′N 141°42′E / 44.350°N 141.700°E | |||
| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Hokkaido | ||
| Prefecture | Hokkaido (Rumoi) | ||
| District | Tomamae | ||
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| • Total | 472.49 km2 (182.43 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2016) | |||
| • Total | 7,338 | ||
| • Density | 16/km2 (40/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
| Website | www |
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Haboro (羽幌町? Haboro-chō) is a town located in Tomamae District, Rumoi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
As of 2016, the town has an estimated population of 7,338. The total area is 472.49 km². The town administers the two islands of Yagishiri and Teuri.
Haboro was officially designated a town in 1921. The villages of Teuri and Yagishiri were merged into Haboro in 1955 and 1959, respectively.
The name of the town is from the Ainu language, but of uncertain origin. Haboro may have originated with the Ainu language word hapuru, meaning "a soft sound", or haporopetsu, meaning "the basin of a large river".
In the Japanese language the name of the town is written with ateji, or kanji characters used to phonetically represent native or borrowed words. The first, , means "feather" or "wings", and the second, , means "curtain" or "cloth".
Haboro faces the Sea of Japan. Much of the area of the town is within the Teshio Mountains, and much of the town is protected as a national forest.Mount Pisshiri is the highest point in the city at 1,032 metres (3,386 ft). Two rivers cross the town: the Haboro and the Chikubetsu.
The municipality of Haboro includes two sparsely populated islands in the Sea of Japan.
Haboro has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb) with warm summers and cold winters. Precipitation is high throughout the year; the months from August to December are wetter than the rest of the year.
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