Hokuto, Yamanashi

Hokuto 北杜市
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Location of Hokuto in Yamanashi
Hokuto
Coordinates: 35°47′N 138°25′E
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu
Prefecture	Yamanashi
Area
• Total	602.89 km2 (232.78 sq mi)
Population (July 1, 2006)
• Total	50,084
• Density	83/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Phone number	0551-42-1111
Address	961-1 Daizu-namada, Sutama-chō, Hokuto-shi, Yamanashi-ken 408-0188
Website	City of Hokuto

Hokuto (北杜市, Hokuto-shi) is a city located in Yamanashi, Japan.

Description

The city of Hokuto was founded by the merging of all the towns within the Kitakoma District except for the former town of Futaba, which merged with two municipalities to form the new city of Kai. With the newly formed towns, the Kitakoma District was dissolved.

Geography

Surrounding municipalities

Yamanashi Prefecture Kōfu Nirasaki Minami-arupusu Kai

Nagano Prefecture Chino Ina Suwa District: Fujimi Minamisaku District: Kawakami, Minamimaki

History

Municipal Timeline

• November 1, 2004-The city was founded from the merger of seven towns and villages, all from Kitakoma District.
  • Akeno
  • Hakushū
  • Mukawa
  • Nagasaka
  • Ōizumi
  • Sutama
  • Takane
• March 15, 2006-The city merged with a town also from Kitakoma District.
  • Kobuchisawa

Since Kobuchisawa was the only town left in Kitakoma District after the creation of Hokuto, Kitakoma District was officially dissolved.

Sister cities

• Fukuroi, Shizuoka

  Signed on March 9, 1987 between the Former town of Asaba, Shizuoka and the former village of Akeno, Yamanashi

• Joetsu, Niigata

  Signed on January 17, 1991 between the former towns of Kakizaki, Niigata and Sutama, Yamanashi

• Hamura, Tokyo

  Signed on October 1, 1996 between the city and the former town of Takane, Yamanashi

• Nishitokyo, Tokyo

  Signed on February 4, 1999 between the former city of Tanashi, Tokyo and the former town of Sutama, Yamanashi

• Arakawa-ku, Shinjuku-ku, and Higashimurayama (all from Tokyo) acts as a friendship cities (unsigned)

Overseas

• Madison County, Kentucky

  Signed on May 12, 1990 between the county and the former municipalities of Takane, Nagasaka, Ōizumi, and Kobuchisawa

• LeMars, Iowa

  Signed on July 3, 1993 between the city and the former town of Sutama, Yamanashi

• Pocheon, Gyeonggi-do

  Signed on March 21, 2003 between the city and the former town of Takane, Yamanashi

• Manchanno, Italy

  Signed between the former town of Kobuchisawa, Yamanashi

• Has the friendship ties with Crowsnest Pass, Alberta (unsigned).

External links

Media related to Hokuto, Yamanashi at Wikimedia Commons

• Hokuto official website (Japanese)