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Motomiya

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Total population

30,236

Air quality index

45Good
Coordinates37.51°, 140.39°

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

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City facts

Overview

Motomiya sits in Fukushima, Japan and is identified as a city. Coordinates of 37.513°, 140.394° situate Motomiya in the warm-temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. Public datasets list a population of roughly 30,236. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by warm summers and cool winters. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,327 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 52% of daylight hours. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public datasets.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
37.5131
Longitude
140.3940
Water area
—
View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
45
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
5.1
PM10 (µg/m³)
6.6
Ozone (µg/m³)
82
NO₂ (µg/m³)
4.5

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

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
613
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Brown-eared Bulbul
    Hypsipetes amaurotis (Temminck, 1830) · Aves
    27
  • Eastern Spot-billed Duck
    Anas zonorhyncha Swinhoe, 1866 · Aves
    23
  • Eurasian Tree Sparrow
    Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    22
  • Large-billed Crow
    Corvus macrorhynchos Wagler, 1827 · Aves
    20
  • Carrion Crow
    Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    19
  • Cinereous Tit
    Parus cinereus Vieillot, 1818 · Aves
    18
  • Rock Pigeon
    Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
    16
  • Oriental Greenfinch
    Chloris sinica (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    15

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

Earthquake history

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Y
Yasuko Hashimoto
Japanese long-distance runner
Yoshio Kodama
Yoshio Kodama
Japanese criminal (1911-1984)
Inokichi Kubo
Inokichi Kubo
Japanese otorhinolaryngologist; professor at Fukuoka Medical School (1874-1939)
Kan'ichi Asakawa
Kan'ichi Asakawa
Japanese historian (1873–1948)
M
Michirō Endō
Japanese musical artist (1950–2019)
Niwa Nagakuni
Niwa Nagakuni
daimyo of the late Edo period who ruled Nihonmatsu Domain (1834-1904)
U
Ume
Wada Yūji
Wada Yūji
Japanese meteorologist and oceanographer
S
Sanpei
Japanese owarai tarento
M
Mieko Kōzaki
Japanese novelist
Hisao Itō
Hisao Itō
Japanese singer (1910-1983)
N
Nobori Itō
Japanese politician
K
Kajū Satō
politician
C
Chūsaku Ōyama
Japanese painter (1922-2009)
W
Wakatomo Kimura
Tomohisa Nemoto
Tomohisa Nemoto
Japanese baseball player

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

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.64
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,327

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
2
Avg daily Wikipedia views
0
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Motomiya

Iwaki Kaidō
Fukushima-ken Kyōiku Iinkai · 1985
Iwashiro Jinba iseki no kenkyū
Junʼichi Manome · 1971
Nihonmatsu Kaidō (Aizu Kaidō)
1983
Sōma Kaidō (Ōshū Saikaidō)
1983

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Gallery

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

Motomiya station december2012 2 — Motomiya, Japan0.3 miMotomiya station december2012 1 — Motomiya, Japan0.3 miMotomiya Station West Exit 2021-12-20 — Motomiya, Japan0.3 miMotomiya Station Ticket gate 2021-12-20 — Motomiya, Japan0.3 miMotomiya Station name sign 2021-12-20 — Motomiya, Japan0.3 miMotomiya Station building Piano 2021-12-20 — Motomiya, Japan0.3 miMotomiya Station New Station building Connecting passage from West side 2021-12-2 — Motomiya, Japan0.3 miMotomiya Station New Station building Connecting passage from East side 2021-12-2 — Motomiya, Japan0.3 miMotomiya Station Old Station building 2021-12-20 — Motomiya, Japan0.3 miMotomiya Station East Exit View 2021-12-20 — Motomiya, Japan0.3 miMotomiya Station West Exit View 2021-12-20 — Motomiya, Japan0.3 miMotomiya Station platform for Fukushima 2021-12-20 — Motomiya, Japan0.3 miMotomiya Station platform for Kōriyama 2021-12-20 — Motomiya, Japan0.3 mi本宮駅旧駅舎 2021-12-20 — Motomiya, Japan0.3 miMotomiya Station East Exit 2021-12-20 — Motomiya, Japan0.3 miMotomiya station001 — Motomiya, Japan0.4 mi日輪寺 - panoramio — Motomiya, Japan0.5 mi日輪寺供養塔 - panoramio — Motomiya, Japan0.5 mi日輪寺の枝垂桜 - panoramio — Motomiya, Japan0.5 miAerial photographs of 2019 Abukuma River flood by GSI 378 — Motomiya, Japan0.6 miAerial photographs of 2019 Abukuma River flood by GSI 379 — Motomiya, Japan0.6 miMotomiya Station Automatic ticket vending machine 2021-12-20 — Motomiya, Japan0.6 mi除染作業 福島県本宮市上山田地区 Jul 28, 2014 (1) — Motomiya, Japan0.6 miAdatara-SA-Nobori — Motomiya, Japan0.7 mi

Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

Official Identifiers

e-Stat — Statistics Bureau of Japan

JIS code
072141
Population (Wikidata)
30,253
Wikidata
Q867106

JIS X 0402 dantai codes via Wikidata P429

Sources

  • • Wikimedia Commons
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • NASA EONET
  • • e-Stat / Statistics Bureau of Japan — JIS X 0402 dantai code via Wikidata P429 (prefecture, municipality)
  • • e-Stat — Statistics Bureau of Japan — JIS X 0402 dantai codes via Wikidata P429