is a town

Towns of Japan

A town is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture , city , and village...

 located in Ashoro District

Ashoro District, Hokkaido

is a district located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan.As of 2004, the district has an estimated population of 11,424 and a density of 5.66 persons per km²...

, Tokachi

Tokachi Subprefecture

is a subprefecture of Hokkaidō, Japan corresponding to the old province of Tokachi. As of 2004 its estimated population is 360,802 and its area is 10,830.99 km².Tokachi-Obihiro Airport is in the city of Obihiro.- Geography :-Towns and villages by district:...

, Hokkaidō, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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As of 2008, the town has an estimated population

Population

A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 of 2,837 and a density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

 of 5.04 persons per km². The total area is 608.81 km².

Climate

Rikubetsu is ranked as Japan's coldest area. Daily mean temperature in January is -11.5℃, the average low temperature in the end of January and beginning of February are below -20℃, which are the coldest in Japan. On January 27 of 2000, the temperature at Seki district recorded below -40℃.

External links

• Official website in Japanese