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Honshu is roughly 1,300 km (810 mi) long and ranges from 50 to 230 km (31 to 143 mi) wide, and the total area is 225,800 km 2 (87,200 sq mi). It is the 7th largest island in the world. [ 117 ] This makes it slightly larger than the island of Great Britain (209,331 km 2 (80,823 sq mi)).
Japanese Estimated Area (km 2) [2] Determined Area (km 2) [3] Undetermined Area (km 2) [4] Population Density (/km 2) Inhabitable Area [citation needed] Forest
This is a list of countries (or regions) by total road network size, both paved and unpaved. Also included is additional data on the length of each country or region's controlled-access highway network (also known as a motorway, expressway, freeway, etc.), designed for high vehicular traffic.
[87] [88] Honshu has the highest population density at 450 persons/km 2 (1200/sq mi) as of 2010, while Hokkaido has the lowest density of 64.5 persons/km 2 as of 2016. [89] As of 2014, approximately 0.5% of Japan's total area is reclaimed land (umetatechi). [90] Lake Biwa is an ancient lake and the country's largest freshwater lake. [91]
Had a railway line from 1883 until 1931 (11 km) and a three line tramway network from 1905 until 1929 (circa 14 km) 470 Micronesia: 583 Nicaragua: Suspended in September 2001 558 Oman: Proposals as part of Gulf Railway. Has a short tourist line at the Al Hoota Cave. 512 Palau: Had an industrial line. Has a short tourist monorail (of small gauge)
The initial development of roads in Japan can be traced back to the Jōmon period. The remains of a man-made road were uncovered at the Sannai-Maruyama Site that was occupied between 3900 – 2200 BC. [11] [12] Archaeologists uncovered a 12-meter-wide (39 ft) and 420-meter-long (1,380 ft) road at the site that linked the ancient settlement to ...
1,861.7 km 2 (718.8 sq mi) ... at prefectural level but organized more along the lines of a territory. In 1947, the department was dissolved, and Hokkaidō became a ...
Number Origin Terminus Length (km) Vehicles only (popular name) National Route 1: Chūō, Tokyo [1]: Kita-ku, Osaka: 566.4: National Route 2: Kita-ku, Osaka: Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū