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Hokuto 北杜市
Hokuto's location in Yamanashi, Japan.
Location
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu
Prefecture	Yamanashi
Physical characteristics
Area	602.89 km2 (232.78 sq mi)
Population (as of July 1, 2006)
Total	50,084
Location	35°47′N 138°25′E / 35.783, 138.417
Symbols
Hokuto Government Office
Address	961-1 Daizu-namada, Sutama-chō, Hokuto-shi, Yamanashi-ken 408-0188
Phone number	0551-42-1111
Official website: City of Hokuto

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Geography

[edit] Surrounding municipalities

[edit] History

[edit] Municipal Timeline

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

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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Overseas

• Madison County, Kentucky

  Signed on May 12, 1990 between the county and the former municipalities of Takane, Nagasaka, Oizumi, 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).

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Hokuto, Yamanashi

• (Japanese) Hokuto official website

Yamanashi Prefecture
Cities
Chūō | Fuefuki | Fujiyoshida | Hokuto | Kōfu (capital) | Kai | Kōshū | Minami-Alps | Nirasaki | Ōtsuki | Tsuru | Uenohara | Yamanashi
Districts
Kitatsuru | Minamikoma | Minamitsuru | Nakakoma | Nishiyatsushiro
See also: Towns and villages by district edit