| Hokuto 北斗 |
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| Location of Hokuto in Hokkaidō | |
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Hokuto
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| Country | Japan |
| Region | Hokkaidō |
| Prefecture | Hokkaidō |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Junzō Ebisawa |
| Area | |
| • Total | 397.29 km2 (153.4 sq mi) |
| Population (March.31, 2008) | |
| • Total | 49,452 |
| • Density | 125/km2 (323.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) |
| City symbols | |
| - Tree | Japanese Black Pine and Japanese beech |
| - Flower | Spring: Sakura Summer: Marigold Autumn: Mukuge |
| Phone number | 0138-73-3111 |
| Address | 1-3-10 Chūō, Hokuto-shi, Hokkaidō 049-0192 |
| Website | City of Hokuto |
Hokuto (北斗市 Hokuto-shi) is a city in the center of the Oshima Subprefecture in Japan's northern island of Hokkaidō.
It was formed on February 1, 2006 from merging the town of Kamiiso, from Kamiiso District, and the town of Ōno, from Kameda District.
Hokuto is the third city to be established in Oshima. (The second, Kameda City, no longer exists being dissolved just two years after its founding in 1971). Hokuto is the second largest city in Oshima by population after Hakodate.
Hokuto is located in the middle of Oshima, a peninsula in Hokkaidō's south. The southeast portion is mostly plains and the western part is more mountainous. The south borders the Hakodate Bay. The Ōno River runs north and south through the middle of Hokuto.
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