Uryū, Hokkaido

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

As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 3,054 and a density of 17.68 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 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, 雨, means "rain", and the second, 竜, means "dragon".

Neighboring municipalities

Sorachi Subprefecture
Rumoi Subprefecture
- Mashike

References

^ ^a ^b "雨竜（町）". Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 153301537. Retrieved 2012-08-07. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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[n-1] "雨竜（町）". Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 153301537. Retrieved 2012-08-07. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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