Uryū, Hokkaido

Uryū
Uryū; 雨竜町
	Town
	Uryunuma Wetland
	Flag Emblem
	Location of Uryū in Hokkaido (Sorachi Subprefecture)
	Uryū Location in Japan
	Coordinates: 43°39′N 141°53′E
Country	Japan
Region	Hokkaido
Prefecture	Hokkaido (Sorachi Subprefecture)
District	Uryū
Area
• Total	190.91 km2 (73.71 sq mi)
Population (September 30, 2016)
• Total	2,546
• Density	13/km2 (35/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (JST)
Website	www.town.uryu.hokkaido.jp

Uryū (雨竜町, Uryū-chō) is a town located in Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 2,546, and a density of 13.3 persons per km². The total area is 190.91 square kilometres (73.71 sq mi).[1]

Etymology

The name of the town is from the Ainu language, but the origin of name has been lost. Urir-o-pet, one possibility, means "cormorant river".[1]

In Japanese, the name of the town is written with ateji, or kanji characters used to phonetically represent native or borrowed words. The first, 雨, means "rain", and the second, 竜, means "dragon".

Neighboring municipalities

Sorachi Subprefecture
Rumoi Subprefecture
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References

"雨竜（町）" [Uryū]. Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 153301537. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-08-07.

External links

Media related to Uryū, Hokkaidō at Wikimedia Commons
Official Website (in Japanese)

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[n-1] "雨竜（町）" [Uryū]. Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 153301537. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-08-07.