前潟
Iwatehamlet
Air quality index
Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
前潟 is a hamlet that lies in Iwate, Japan. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. Its coordinates of 39.711°, 141.104° place it in the warm-temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. The latitude suggests warm summers and cool winters. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,278 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 50% of daylight hours. The remainder of this page draws on open public data to describe the area's demographics, climate, environment and nearby amenities.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis (Temminck, 1830) · Aves112
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus Vieillot, 1818 · Aves110
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos Wagler, 1827 · Aves105
- Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha Swinhoe, 1866 · Aves103
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves102
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves96
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves93
- Oriental Turtle-DoveStreptopelia orientalis (Latham, 1790) · Aves84
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.4 — 2026-06-0914 km NNE of Miyako, Japan
- M 4.1 — 2026-06-068 km SE of Miyako, Japan
- M 4.4 — 2026-05-138 km NE of Hachimantai, Japan
- M 4.1 — 2026-04-3033 km ESE of Noda, Japan
- M 4.5 — 2026-04-2216 km E of Noda, Japan
- M 4.3 — 2026-04-1118 km SE of Kuzumaki, Japan
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org