Muroran
city in Hokkaido, Japan
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Muroran is a city of Japan[1]. Muroran ranks in the top 8% of city of japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,245 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Iburi Subprefecture[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Head of government: Takeshi Aoyama[5]
- Shares border with: Noboribetsu[6], Date[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Knoxville[8], Shizuoka[9], Jōetsu-shi[10], Rizhao[11], Miyakojima[12]
- Legislative body: Muroran City Council[13]
- Commons category: Muroran, Hokkaido[14]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[15], Japan Standard Time[16]
- Inception: July 1, 1900[17], February 1, 1918[18], 1922[19]
- Mascot: Kujiran[20]
- Official website: https://www.city.muroran.lg.jp/[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Muroran[22]
- Population: 81,580[23], 88,564[24], 94,535[25]
- External data available at URL: https://www.city.muroran.lg.jp/main/org2260/odlib.php[26]
- Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[28]
- Capital of: Iburi Subprefecture[29], Muroran district[30]
- Official name: 室蘭市[31]
- Legal form: ordinary local public entity[32]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Muroran, Hokkaido[33]
- Native label: 室蘭市[34]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Muroran[35]
- Name in kana: むろらんし[36]
- Owner of: Nakajima Park Baseball Stadium[37], Irie Track & Field[38]
- Area: 81.01 km²[39]
- Revised Hepburn romanization: Muroran shi[40]
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Climate and Environment
Muroran's Köppen climate classification is recorded as Marine west coast climate[41].
Why It Matters
Muroran has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Muroran is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]