Goka, Ibaraki
Encyclopedia
is a town
located in Sashima District
, Ibaraki
, Japan
,the north about 50 km of Tokyo
.
As of 2008, the town has an estimated population
of 9,622 and a density
of 417 persons per km². The total area is 23.09 km².
As of 2007, the town has 126 foreigners (Excluding Japan).
There are factories that make the construction machinery, printed matter, and
the beverage (Yakult
etc.) in the town.
Towns of Japan
A town is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture , city , and village...
located in Sashima District
Sashima District, Ibaraki
Sashima is a district located in Ibaraki, Japan.Following the Bandō merger but with 2004 population data, the district has an estimated population of 125,153 and a density of 726 persons per km²...
, Ibaraki
Ibaraki Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan, located in the Kantō region on the main island of Honshu. The capital is Mito.-History:Ibaraki Prefecture was previously known as Hitachi Province...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
,the north about 50 km of Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
.
As of 2008, the town has an estimated population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of 9,622 and a density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
of 417 persons per km². The total area is 23.09 km².
As of 2007, the town has 126 foreigners (Excluding Japan).
There are factories that make the construction machinery, printed matter, and
the beverage (Yakult
Yakult
is a Japanese probiotic milk-like product made by fermenting a mixture of skimmed milk with a special strain of the bacterium Lactobacillus casei Shirota. It was created by Minoru Shirota who graduated from the Medical School of Kyoto University in 1930. In 1935, he started manufacturing and...
etc.) in the town.