Tanno, Hokkaido

Tanno 端野町
Town
NORTHERN ARC RESORT
Flag Emblem
Location of Tanno in Hokkaido (Okhotsk Subprefecture)
Tanno Location in Japan
Coordinates: 43°51′N 143°56′E / 43.850°N 143.933°E / 43.850; 143.933
Country	Japan
Region	Hokkaido
Prefecture	Hokkaido (Okhotsk Subprefecture)
Now part of Kitami	March 5, 2006
Area
• Total	163.50 km2 (63.13 sq mi)
Population  (December 31, 2005)
• Total	5,496
• Density	33.61/km2 (87.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address	471-1, Niku, Tanno-cho, Tokoro-gun, Hokkaido 099-2192
Website	web.archive.org/web/20050308163850/http://www.ohotuku26.or.jp/organization/tanno/tanno.html
Symbols
Flower	Rhododendron
Tree	Betula platyphylla

Tanno (端野町, Tanno-chō) was a town located in Tokoro District, Abashiri Subprefecture (now Okhotsk Subprefecture), Hokkaido, Japan.

As of 2005, the town had an estimated population of 5,496 and a density of 33.61 persons per km². The total area was 163.50 km². The name comes from the Ainu nufu-un-keshi meaning "edge of the field." The two kanji characters in the name Tanno mean "edge" and "field."^[1]

On March 5, 2006, Tanno, along with the towns of Rubeshibe and Tokoro (all from Tokoro District), was merged into the expanded city of Kitami.

• Kitami City website (in Japanese)