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Muroran
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Muroran is a city and port in Hokkaido, Japan, that serves as the capital of Iburi Subprefecture. As of early 2024, it had a population of approximately 76,000 people and functions as an important port city in the region.
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Key facts
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Hokkaido (Iburi Subprefecture)
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- January 1593
- Settlement.established_title2
- City Status
- Settlement.established_date2
- August 1, 1922
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Takeshi Aoyama (since May 2011)
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Vice Mayor
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 80.88
- Settlement.name
- Muroran
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ja
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Muroran Montage.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Top:View of Muroran Refinery area at night, Cape of Chikyu and view of Pacific Ocean, (left to right) Middle:Muroran Aquarium, View of Muroran Station area and Mount Sokuryō, (left to right) Bottom:Night view of Hakuchō Bridge
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Muroran, Hokkaido.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Emblem of Muroran, Hokkaido.svg
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city of Japan
- Official name
- 室蘭町
- Country
- Japan
- Population
- 94535
- Area
- 81.01
- Time zone
- Japan Standard Time
- Shares border with
- Date
- Official website
- www.city.muroran.lg.jp
- Image
- Mt. Sokuryozan.jpg
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- Commons category
- Muroran, Hokkaido
- topic's main category
- Category:Muroran
- twinned administrative body
- Miyakojima
- name in kana
- むろらんし
- revised Hepburn romanization
- Muroran shi
- native label
- 室蘭市
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Muroran, Hokkaido
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Muroran
- inception
- 1922-00-00
- social media followers
- 12063
- Köppen climate classification
- Marine west coast climate
- external data available at URL
- www.city.muroran.lg.jp/main/org2260/odlib.php
- associated electoral district
- Hokkaido 9th district
- number of viewers/listeners
- 430748
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is a city and port located in Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Iburi Subprefecture. As of January 31, 2024, the city had an estimated population of 76,385, with 43,494 households and a population density of . The total area is .
== History == The origin of Muroran's name is derived from the Ainu word "Mo Ruerani", which means "the bottom of a little slope". The little slope, in front of the former Senkai Temple in Sakimori-cho, is noted in connection with the name of Muroran.
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