Kitami

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Kitami

Total population

116,521

Air quality index

21Good

Elevation74 m

Coordinates43.80°, 143.89°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Kitami is a city in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the most populous city and the commercial center in the subprefecture, although the subprefecture capital is Abashiri.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Megumi Takase

Japanese association football player

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Masayuki Yanai

Japanese amateur astronomer (1959-)

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Akemi Niwa

Japanese Winter Games Olympian for curling

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Akiko Sekiwa

Japanese female curler and coach

Anna Ohmiya

Japanese curler

Mari Motohashi

Japanese female curler

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Makoto Tsuruga

Japanese curler

Ayumi Ogasawara

Japanese female curler and coach

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Atsushi Takahashi

Japanese astronomer

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Miz

Japanese singer

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Yoshiyuki Ōmiya

Japanese male curler and coach

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Yōko Mimura

Japanese curling player for 1998 Olympics at Nagano

Jungo Morita

Japanese volleyball player

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Takehiko Itō

Japanese manga artist, illustrator and character designer

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Ami Kikuchi

Japanese singer and radio personality

Takuya Furuya

baseball player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Hokkaido

• Kunneppu
  9.3 mi away · pop. 4,935
• Tsubetsu
  9.3 mi away · pop. 4,581
• Bihoro
  10.7 mi away · pop. 19,218
• Ozora
  15.8 mi away · pop. 7,130
• Saroma
  16 mi away · pop. 5,102
• Oketo
  17.7 mi away · pop. 2,837
• Abashiri
  24.1 mi away · pop. 34,988
• Rikubetsu
  24.2 mi away · pop. 2,361
• Engaru
  25.5 mi away · pop. 19,662
• Koshimizu
  28.5 mi away · pop. 4,800
• Yubetsu
  28.9 mi away · pop. 8,640
• Kiyosato
  35 mi away · pop. 4,002

Browse all places in Hokkaido →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kitami

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Siberian Winter Damsel

Sympecma paedisca

Seen 2026-06-11

Feral Pigeon

Columba livia domestica

Seen 2026-04-30

Japanese Red Squirrel

Sciurus vulgaris orientis

Seen 2025-12-24

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

Seen 2025-12-24

Dendrocopos leucotos subcirris

Dendrocopos leucotos subcirris

Seen 2025-12-24

Far Eastern Jay

Garrulus glandarius bambergi

Seen 2025-12-24

Hokkaido Nuthatch

Sitta europaea clara

Seen 2025-12-24

Japanese Tit

Parus cinereus minor

Seen 2025-12-24

Coal Tit

Periparus ater

Seen 2025-12-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Kitami, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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