Oshima

The Southern Circuit covers the western and central parts of the northern island of .
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  • Type: Locality with 457,000 residents
  • Description: subprefecture of Hokkaido prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: Ōshima”, “Oshima Subprefecture”, “Oshima-shicho”, “Oshima-shichō”, and “Toshima-shichō

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ohno Dam.

Dam
is a gravity dam located in in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation and water supply with catchment area of 5.4 km2. The dam impounds about 12 ha of land when full and can store 1600 thousand cubic meters of water. is situated 4½ km east of Oshima.

Oshima

Latitude
41.9572° or 41° 57′ 26″ north
Longitude
140.4589° or 140° 27′ 32″ east
Population
457,000
Elevation
368 metres (1,207 feet)
Open location code
8RH2XF45+VG
Geo­Names ID
2128595
Wiki­data ID
Q2226825
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Oshima” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: subprefeutura d’Oshima
  • Basque: Oshima suprefetura
  • Catalan: subprefectura d’Oshima
  • Catalan: Subprefectura d’Oshima
  • Chinese: Osima Chóng-ha̍p Chìn-heng-kio̍k
  • Chinese: 渡岛综合振兴局
  • Chinese: 渡島綜合振興局
  • Dutch: Oshima
  • Esperanto: Oŝima-subgubernio
  • Esperanto: Subgubernio Oŝima
  • Finnish: Oshiman yleiskehitystoimisto
  • French: sous-préfecture d’Oshima
  • French: Sous-préfecture d’Oshima
  • Galician: Subprefectura de Oshima
  • German: Unterpräfektur Oshima
  • Hungarian: Osima alprefektúra
  • Iloko: Subprepektura ti Oshima
  • Indonesian: Subprefektur Oshima
  • Italian: Sottoprefettura di Oshima
  • Japanese: おしましちょう
  • Japanese: 渡島支庁
  • Japanese: 渡島総合振興局
  • Korean: 오시마 종합진흥국
  • Lithuanian: Ošimos subprefektūra
  • Min Nan Chinese: Osima Chóng-ha̍p Chìn-heng-kio̍k
  • Polish: Podprefektura Oshima
  • Russian: Осима
  • Spanish: Dōnan
  • Spanish: Subprefectura de Oshima
  • Swedish: Oshima subprefektur
  • Tagalog: Subprepektura ng Oshima
  • Thai: กิ่งจังหวัดโอชิมะ
  • Turkish: Oshima alt prefektörlüğü
  • Turkish: Oshima
  • Ukrainian: Округ Осіма
  • Ukrainian: Округ Ошіма
  • Ukrainian: Осіма
  • Urdu: اوشیما ذیلی پریفیکچر
  • Vietnamese: Oshima (phó tỉnh)
  • Vietnamese: Oshima
  • Yue Chinese: 渡島綜合振興局

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