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Tanno, Hokkaido

Coordinates: 43°51′N 143°56′E / 43.850°N 143.933°E / 43.850; 143.933
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Tanno
端野町
Northern Arc Resort
Northern Arc Resort
Flag of Tanno
Official seal of Tanno
Location of Tanno in Hokkaido (Okhotsk Subprefecture)
Location of Tanno in Hokkaido (Okhotsk Subprefecture)
Tanno is located in Japan
Tanno
Tanno
Location in Japan
Coordinates: 43°51′N 143°56′E / 43.850°N 143.933°E / 43.850; 143.933
CountryJapan
RegionHokkaido
PrefectureHokkaido (Okhotsk Subprefecture)
Now part of KitamiMarch 5, 2006
Area
 • Total
163.50 km2 (63.13 sq mi)
Population
 (December 31, 2005)
 • Total
5,496
 • Density33.61/km2 (87.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address471-1, Niku, Tanno-cho, Tokoro-gun, Hokkaido
099-2192
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20050308163850/http://www.ohotuku26.or.jp/organization/tanno/tanno.html
Symbols
FlowerRhododendron
TreeBetula platyphylla


Tanno (端野町, Tanno-chō) was a town located in Tokoro District, Abashiri Subprefecture (now Okhotsk Subprefecture), Hokkaido, Japan.

As of 2005, the town had an estimated population of 5,496 and a density of 33.61 persons per km2. The total area was 163.50 km2. The name comes from the Ainu nufu-un-keshi meaning "edge of the field." The two kanji characters in the name Tanno mean "edge" and "field."[1]

On March 5, 2006, Tanno, along with the towns of Rubeshibe and Tokoro (all from Tokoro District), was merged into the expanded city of Kitami.

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References

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  1. ^ [1] Okhotsk Tourism Association. Okhotsk area placenames (Japanese)