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Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Hokkaido
- Prefecture
- Hokkaido ( Rumoi Subprefecture )
- Mayor
- Shunji Nakanishi
- Total
- 297.81 km (114.99 sq mi)
- Density
- 60.884/km (157.69/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00 ( JST )
- City hall address
- 1-11, Saiwaichō, Rumoi-shi, Hokkaidō 077-8601
- Climate
- Dfb
- Website
- Official website
- Flower
- Azalea
- Tree
- Acacia
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city of Japan
- Official name
- 留萌町
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Rumoi district
- Population
- 24457
- Area
- 297.84
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Capital of
- Rumoi Subprefecture
- Shares border with
- Numata
- Official website
- www.e-rumoi.jp
- Image
- 千望台（Senboudai） - panoramio (1).jpg
- Dialing code
- 0164
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- topic's main category
- Category:Rumoi, Hokkaido
- native label
- 留萌市
- Commons category
- Rumoi, Hokkaido
- name in kana
- るもいし
- twinned administrative body
- Ulan-Ude
- inception
- 1947-10-01
- replaced by
- Obira
- associated electoral district
- Hokkaido 10th district
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Encyclopedic overview
Rumoi city hall central Rumoi Rumoi (留萌市, Rumoi-shi) is a city in Rumoi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 31 January 2025, the city had an estimated population of 18,132 in 10519 households, and a population density of 61 people per km. The total area of the city is 297.81 km (114.99 sq mi). There are several theories about the origin of the name, which comes from the Ainu word for the Rumoi River. The word "rur-mo-ot-pe," means "a river with calm, constant tides," or "a river with deep tides," and this theory has been adopted by the city.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rumoi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.