Wakkanai (稚内市, Wakkanai-shi) is a city in Hokkaido Prefecture, in the Hokkaidō region of Japan. The city's English Wikipedia article reports an estimated population of 30,590 living in 17150 households as of 31 July 2024, a density of about 40 people per square kilometre. As a shi, it is one of the three kinds of municipality used in Japan, alongside towns and villages, and it runs its local administration through a mayor and a city council within Hokkaido Prefecture. The population and area figures are those quoted in the article at the time of writing and may differ from later census results.
Facts
Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Japan: Administrative Division
citypopulation.deHokkaido Prefecture section of the table, 2020-10-01 census columnQuote, Hokkaido Prefecture section of the table, 2020-10-01 census column
Wakkanai City (-shi) 稚内市 45,754 43,774 41,592 39,595 36,380 33,563 30,068
2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 45.3325,141.8283
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results, elevationQuote, results, elevation
"elevation": 82.0
3. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 45.25, 141.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 45.25, 141.75
45.25 141.75 Dfb
Wakkanai (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Japan, Lead, first sentence
is a city located in Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan
On Continent: Asia, Lead, first sentence
is a city located in Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan
In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Lead, first sentence
is a city located in Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan
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