Haboro, Hokkaido
[file:Teuri i 2.jpg|right|thumb|290px|Awaiwa on Teuri Island]
[file:Haboro List of towns in Japan|town center area Aerial photograph.1977.jpg|right|thumb|290px|Haboro town center area]
Haboro is a town located in Rumoi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan., the town had an estimated population of 5,932 in 3315 households, and a population density of 13 people per km2. The total area of the town is.
Geography
Haboro faces the Sea of Japan. Much of the area of the town is within the Teshio Mountains, and much of the town is protected as a national forest. Mount Pisshiri is the highest point in the city at. Two rivers cross the town: the Haboro and the Chikubetsu.Islands
The municipality of Haboro includes two sparsely populated islands in the Sea of Japan.- Yagishiri Island, population 273, is located northwest of Haboro Bay, and is known for its dense forests.
- Teuri Island, population 366, is located west of Yagashiri, and the two islands are separated by the Musashi Channel. Teuri covers, and is protected as a bird sanctuary.
Neighboring municipalities
- Rumoi Subprefecture
- * Tomamae District：Tomamae, Shosanbetsu
- * Teshio District：Enbetsu
- Kamikawa Subprefecture
- * Uryū District：Horokanai
Climate
Haboro has a humid continental climate with warm summers and cold winters. Precipitation is high throughout the year; the months from August to December are wetter than the rest of the year. The highest temperature recorded was on August 1, 2021. The coldest temperature ever recorded was on 27 January 1923.Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Haboro is as shown below. The town is in a long period of sustained population loss.History
Haboro village was established in 1894. The town's full-scale development began in the mid-Meiji period, later than the neighboring towns of Tomamae and Shosanbetsu, but since the discovery of the Haboro Coal Mine, which produced high-quality coal, in the Taisho period, it developed into a monoculture settlement centered on coal. Haboro was officially designated a town in 1921. The villages of Teuri and Yagishiri were merged into Haboro in 1955 and 1959, respectively. In the 1965 census, the town had a population of 30,266 and 6,840 households, and flourished as one of the leading coal mining towns in Hokkaido and the country. However, since the mine closed in 1971, depopulation has been significant.Etymology
The name of the town is from the Ainu language, but of uncertain origin. Haboro may have originated with the Ainu language word hapuru, meaning "a soft sound", or haporopetsu, meaning "the basin of a large river".In Japanese, the name of the town is written with ateji, or kanji characters used to phonetically represent native or borrowed words. The first,, means "feather" or "wings", and the second,, means "curtain" or "cloth".
Government
Haboro has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of nine members. Haboro, as part of Rumoi sub-prefecture, contributes one member to the Hokkaidō Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of the Hokkaidō 10th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.Economy
The local economy of Haboro is centered on commercial fishing and agriculture, and there are attempts to develop the tourism industry, taking advantage of the coal mine remnants and the Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri Quasi-National ParkEducation
Haboro has three public elementary schools and three public junior high schools operated by the town government, and two public high schoolsoperated by the Hokkaidō Board of Education.High schools
- Haboro Senior High School
- Teuri Senior High School
Junior high schools
- Haboro Junior High School
- Teuri Junior High School
- Yagishiri Junior High School
Elementary school
- Haboro Elementary School
- Teuri Elementary School
- Yagishiri Elementary School