Engaru

Engaru is a town in the of , Japan. The name comes from the Ainu place name Inkar-us-i, meaning a lookout point. On October 1, 2005, the towns of and , and the village of Shirataki, all from merged into the expanded town of Engaru.
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  • Type: Town with 19,700 residents
  • Description: town in Monbetsu district, Hokkaidō, Japan
  • Also known as: “Engaru, Hokkaido”, “Mukaiengaru”, “Yengaru”, and “遠軽村”
  • Neighbors: , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Engaru Station and Engaru Kosei Hospital.

Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station in Engaru, Monbetsu, Hokkaidō Prefecture, .

Hospital
Photo: Yasu, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Police station
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Engaru

Latitude
44.0615° or 44° 3′ 41″ north
Longitude
143.5279° or 143° 31′ 40″ east
Population
19,700
Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)
Open location code
8RP53G6H+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 388646312
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2130387
Wiki­data ID
Q1348788
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Engaru” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إنغارو”
  • Asturian: “Engaru”
  • Burmese: “အင်းဂါရုမြို့၊ ဟော့ကိုင်းဒိုး”
  • Catalan: “Engaru”
  • Cebuano: “Engaru-chō”
  • Chinese: “远轻町”
  • Chinese: “遠輕町”
  • Czech: “Engaru”
  • Dutch: “Engaru”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “انجارو”
  • French: “Engaru”
  • Galician: “Engaru”
  • Georgian: “ენგარუ”
  • German: “Engaru”
  • Hungarian: “Engaru”
  • Ido: “Engaru, Hokkaido”
  • Ido: “Engaru”
  • Indonesian: “Engaru, Hokkaido”
  • Indonesian: “Engaru”
  • Irish: “Engaru”
  • Italian: “Engaru”
  • Japanese: “Engaru-chō”
  • Japanese: “えんがるちょう”
  • Japanese: “むかいえんがる”
  • Japanese: “ムカイエンガル”
  • Japanese: “向遠軽”
  • Japanese: “遠軽町”
  • Korean: “엔가루정”
  • Korean: “엔가루초”
  • Malay: “Engaru, Hokkaidō”
  • Malay: “Engaru”
  • Persian: “انگارو، هوکایدو”
  • Persian: “انگارو”
  • Polish: “Engaru”
  • Portuguese: “Engaru”
  • Russian: “Энгару”
  • Spanish: “Engaru”
  • Swedish: “Engaru”
  • Tagalog: “Engaru, Hokkaidō”
  • Tagalog: “Engaru”
  • Thai: “เอ็งงารุ”
  • Turkish: “Engaru”
  • Ukrainian: “Енґару”
  • Urdu: “اینگارو، ہوکائیڈو”
  • Vietnamese: “Engaru, Hokkaidō”
  • Vietnamese: “Engaru”
  • Yue Chinese: “遠輕町”

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