Shimokita District, Aomori

Shimokita (Japanese下北郡, -gun ) is a district located in Aomori Prefecture in Japan. It lies at the northern end of the main Japanese island of Honshu in the field of Shimokita Peninsula to the west and east of the city of Mutsu.

In 2003, the population was 36,000, with a total area of 1168.90 km ² which is a population density of 30.83 persons per km ².

However, the small towns Kawauchi Ohata (大畑町, machi ) and the village Wakinosawa Since then (川内町, machi ), (沢村, -mura胁野) been (including the Osorezan ) incorporated into the city of Mutsu. The county has lost a third of its population and about half of its surface and is (as of February 1, 2014) only 17,495 inhabitants at 550.98 km ². It therefore contains only the coastal strip to the south and east of the Cape Oma in the northeast of the peninsula ( Kazamaura, grandma and Sai ), and the area around the Cape Shiriya (尻屋崎, Shiriya -saki ) in the northeast ( Higashidori ). The northernmost point of Honshu is therefore still in Shimokita.

Among the native species there is also a population of Japanese macaques, which are thus the most northerly living monkeys in the world.

Communities

Town OMA (大间町, machi ), 6027 inhabitants to 52.02 km ²,
Village Higashidori (东通村, -mura ), 6986 inhabitants 294.36 km ²
Village Kazamaura (风间浦村, -mura ), 2213 inhabitants to 69.60 km ²
Sai village (佐井村, -mura ), 2269 inhabitants 135.00 km ²

Aomori Prefecture
District in Japan

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