Urakawa, Hokkaido

Urakawa 浦河町
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Location of Urakawa in Hokkaido (Hidaka Subprefecture)
Urakawa Location in Japan
Coordinates: 42°10′N 142°46′E / 42.167°N 142.767°E / 42.167; 142.767Coordinates: 42°10′N 142°46′E / 42.167°N 142.767°E / 42.167; 142.767
Country	Japan
Region	Hokkaido
Prefecture	Hokkaido (Hidaka Subprefecture)
District	Urakawa
Government
• Mayor	Kōichirō Tanikawa
Area
• Total	694.24 km2 (268.05 sq mi)
Population (March 2008)
• Total	14,814
• Density	21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Symbols
• Tree	Hidaka Japanese White Pine
• Flower	Hidaka Yamatsutsuji (Rhododendron kaempferi var. kaempferi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
City hall address	1-3-1, Tsukiji, Urakawa-chō, Urakawa-gun, Hokkaidō 057-8511
Website	www.town.urakawa.hokkaido.jp

Urakawa (浦河町, Urakawa-chō^?) is a town located in Urakawa District, Hidaka Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 14,814 and a density of 21.3 persons per km². The total area is 694.24 km².

Urakawa has depending on the method used a humid continental (Köppen Dfb) or a borderline oceanic climate (Cfb) with warm summers and cold winters. Owing to its slightly more southerly latitude, easterly aspect and location on the sea, snowfall is much lighter than in the major cities of western Hokkaido like Sapporo, Hakodate, Asahikawa and Wakkanai, with the most in one month being 0.98 metres (38.6 in) in January 1969. Precipitation in heaviest in the summer months when remnant typhoons may approach; the heaviest daily rainfall being 190.0 millimetres (7.48 in) on 5 August 1981 and the wettest month August 1995 with 429.5 millimetres (16.91 in). The driest month has been February 2003 with 2.5 millimetres (0.10 in). Year-round sunshine, although less than in the Tokachi Plain, is also higher than western Hokkaido, with the dullest month being August 1941 with 48.0 hours and the sunniest April 2014 with 288.0 hours beating the previous record of 271.6 hours from May 1957.

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