Tomari泊村

Tomari-mura. The name ends in 村 (mura), the word for village.

Tomari (泊村, Tomari-mura) is a village in Hokkaidō Prefecture. Borders 1 place.

This village is listed in Japan's official municipal data but has had no working Japanese administration since 1945. Its island is one of the Northern Territories (北方領土 / hoppō ryōdo), administered by Russia and claimed by Japan. It is drawn here because the boundary file follows the official Japanese list.

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Facts

Japanese name

泊村

Reading

Tomari-mura

Kind

Village (村): a local government

District (郡)

Kunashiri District 国後郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Hokkaidō 北海道

Region

Hokkaidō 北海道

Population

Not counted. No Japanese administration has worked here since 1945.

Code

01696 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Wikipedia

日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

One place shares a land border with Tomari. Borders across water are not counted.

• Ruyabetsu Village留夜別村

Questions about Tomari

Is Tomari a city, a town, or a village?

Tomari (泊村) is a village (村, mura) in Hokkaidō Prefecture. A village is a municipality on the same tier as a city, with its own mayor and assembly. The difference is size: a municipality generally needs 50,000 residents to become a city. Its address puts it in Kunashiri District (国後郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Tomari?

Tomari is in Hokkaidō Prefecture (北海道), in the Hokkaidō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Tomari?

The 2020 census did not count Tomari. No Japanese administration has worked there since 1945.

Which municipalities border Tomari?

One: Ruyabetsu Village (留夜別村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tomari in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Tomari written in Japanese?

泊村, read Tomari-mura. The last character, 村 (mura), is the word for village, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Tomari begin?

北海道国後郡泊村… (Hokkaidō, Kunashiri-gun, Tomari-mura, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the village name. The district name is written but the district is not a government. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.