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Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Hokkaido
- Prefecture
- Hokkaido ( Okhotsk Subprefecture )
- Mayor
- Yoshikazu Miyakawa
- Total
- 830.70 km (320.74 sq mi)
- Density
- 27.67/km (71.7/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00 ( JST )
- City hall address
- 2-1-18, Saiwaichō, Mombetsu-shi, Hokkaidō, 094-8707
- Climate
- Dfb
- Website
- mombetsu .jp
- Flower
- Rugosa Rose
- Tree
- Japanese Rowan
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city of Japan
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Hokkaidō
- Population
- 24750
- Area
- 830.67
- Time zone
- Japan Standard Time
- Body of water
- Sea of Okhotsk
- Shares border with
- Yūbetsu-chō
- Official website
- mombetsu.jp
- Image
- Monbetsu panorama.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Korsakov
- Commons category
- Mombetsu, Hokkaido
- topic's main category
- Category:Monbetsu, Hokkaido
- native label
- 紋別市
- name in kana
- もんべつし
- inception
- 1954-07-01
- associated electoral district
- Hokkaido 12th district
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Encyclopedic overview
Monbetsu (紋別市, Monbetsu-shi) is a city located in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan; on the Sea of Okhotsk. The name comes from Ainu Mopet (Quiet River), Ainu "-pet" would be interpreted "-betsu" in Japanese as well of other city names in Hokkaido.
As of September 30, 2016, the city has an estimated population of 22,983 and a population density of 27.67 persons per km. The total area is 830.70 km (320.74 sq mi).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monbetsu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.