Hokuto, Hokkaido

Hokuto
北斗市
Hokuto City Hall
Hokuto City Hall
Flag of Hokuto
Official seal of Hokuto
Location of Hokuto in Hokkaido (Oshima Subprefecture)
Location of Hokuto in Hokkaido (Oshima Subprefecture)
Hokuto is located in Japan
Hokuto
Hokuto
Location in Japan
Coordinates: 41°49′27″N 140°39′10″E / 41.82417°N 140.65278°E / 41.82417; 140.65278
CountryJapan
RegionHokkaido
PrefectureHokkaido (Oshima Subprefecture)
Government
 • MayorToshimine Takaya
Area
 • Total
397.29 km2 (153.39 sq mi)
Population
 (March 1, 2020)
 • Total
46,083
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address1-3-10 Chūō, Hokuto-shi, Hokkaidō
049-0192
ClimateDfb
Websitewww.city.hokuto.hokkaido.jp
Symbols
FlowerSpring: Sakura
Summer: Marigold
Autumn: Mukuge
MascotZushihocky
TreeJapanese Black Pine and Japanese beech

Hokuto (北斗市, Hokuto-shi) is a city in the center of the Oshima Subprefecture in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido.[1] It serves as a bedroom community for Hakodate, to the east of the city.[2] Hokuto was formed on February 1, 2006, from merging the town of Kamiiso, from Kamiiso District, and the town of Ōno, from Kameda District. Hokuto is the third city to be established in Oshima. (The second, Kameda, no longer exists, being dissolved just two years after its founding in 1971). Hokuto is the second largest city in Oshima by population after the city of Hakodate.[1]

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