In the town of Nibutani ( part of Biratori, Hokkaidō ) where many of the remaining native speakers live, there are 100 speakers, out of which only 15 used the language every day in the late 1980s.

The town name is derived from an Ainu word “ tapkop ”, meaning “ small hill ”.

The name of the town originates from the word " ShakKotan " in the Ainu language.

The name of the town is from the Ainu language, but the origin of name has been lost.

The name of the town is from the Ainu language, but of uncertain origin.

) The origin of the name “ Menashi ” comes from the Ainu word menashi, meaning “ to the east .” The local government in Nemuro, which includes Shiretoko and The Northern Territories, decided to name the whole region “ Menashi .” Menashi ’ s only town is Rausu.

Famous tourist attractions in the town include Lake Mashu ( Ainu: Kamuy-to ), Lake Kussharo ( Ainu: Kuccharo ) and Kawayu Onsen.

The present site of the town was the location of the Ainu settlement Ziancha until 1884, when the Russian village of Galkino-Vraskoye was founded.

They would set up a small colony town near Uruppu, and try to persuade some Ainu to guide them down to Japan.

It is often called Okhotsk-Monbetsu to distinguish it from the town of Monbetsu in Hidaka Subprefecture ( different kanji, but same reading ).

* February 11, 1955-Komagawa and Koma merge to form town of Hidaka.

* September 20, 1956-Hidaka and Takahagi merge to form new town of Hidaka.

On May 1, 2005 the village of Ryūjin, from Hidaka District, the town of Nakahechi, the village of Ōtō, both from Nishimuro District, and the town of Hongū, from Higashimuro District, were merged into Tanabe.

is a town located in Hidaka District, Wakayama, Japan.

is a town located in Hidaka District, Wakayama, Japan.

is a town located in Hidaka District, Wakayama, Japan.

was a town located in Hidaka District, Wakayama, Japan.

On May 1, 2005 Kawabe was merged with the villages of Miyama and Nakatsu, all from Hidaka District, to form the new town of Hidakagawa.

On May 1, 2005 Nakatsu was merged with the town of Kawabe, and the village of Miyama, all from Hidaka District, to form the new town of Hidakagawa.

On May 1, 2005, Miyama was merged with the town of Kawabe, and the village of Nakatsu, all from Hidaka District, to form the new town of Hidakagawa.

is a town located in Hidaka District, Wakayama, Japan.

On May 1, 2005 Nakahechi, along with the village of Ryūjin, from Hidaka District, the village of Ōtō, also from Nishimuro District, and the town of Hongū, from Higashimuro District, was merged into the expanded city of Tanabe.

On May 1, 2005 Ōtō, along with the village of Ryūjin, from Hidaka District, the town of Nakahechi, also from Nishimuro District, and the town of Hongū, from Higashimuro District, was merged into the expanded city of Tanabe.

On May 1, 2005, Hongū, along with the village of Ryūjin, from Hidaka District, the town of Nakahechi, and the village of Ōtō, both from Nishimuro District, was merged into the expanded city of Tanabe.

On April 1, 2005 Izushi, along with the towns of Kinosaki, Hidaka and Takeno, all from Kinosaki District, and the town of Tantō, also from Izushi District, was merged into the expanded city of Toyooka and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

On April 1, 2005 Tantō, along with the towns of Kinosaki, Hidaka and Takeno, all from Kinosaki District, and the town of Izushi, also from Izushi District, was merged into the expanded city of Toyooka and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

* Monbetsu, Hokkaidō ( Hidaka ) ( 門別町 ), a former town in Hidaka Subprefecture now part of the town Hidaka, Hokkaidō

The large acreage in the Southwest Redevelopment area beckons white people -- what with high-priced town houses and elevator apartments.

The two had been hunting in the Simmonsville area of town and Mr. Parrillo dropped the gun which fired as it struck the ground.

`` Skip '' Hovarter back in town from a summer in the Reno-Lake Tahoe area where he ran into Rusty Warren, Kay Martin, the Marskmen and Tune Toppers -- all pulling good biz, he says.

Germany | German – Netherlands | Dutch – Belgium | Belgian border as seen from the town area

In 1967 the then National Capital Development Commission adopted the " Y Plan " which laid out future urban development in Canberra around a series of central shopping and commercial area known as the ' town centres ' linked by freeways, the layout of which roughly resembled the shape of the letter Y, with Tuggeranong at the base of the Y and Belconnen and Gungahlin located at the ends of the arms of the Y.

Afyon is the centre of an agricultural area and the city has a country town feel to it.

Aberdare () is an industrial town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare ( Dâr ) and Cynon.

As of late 2005, the area once devoted to a live-action facsimile of Dogpatch ( including a lifesize statue in the town square of Dogpatch " founder ," General Jubilation T. Cornpone ) has been heavily stripped by vandals and souvenir hunters, and is today slowly being reclaimed by the surrounding Arkansas wilderness.

The town has a population of 35, 203 according to the 2001 census and the urban area has a population of over 70, 000.

There have been settlements there since the medieval period, likely in the Grange Lane and Black Abbey area, and the King's Highway which passes above the town was at one time used by the kings and queens of England when they used the area for hunting when the Forest of Accrington was one of the four forests of the hundred of Blackburnshire.

An area of the town is named ' Black Abbey ' a possible reference to the murders.

Modern Megiddo is a town approximately west-southwest of the southern tip of the Sea of Galilee in the Kishon River area.

Until the establishment of the prison, the area was entirely dependent on agriculture, and, after the close of the prison, the town continued economically dependent on agriculture.

In July, the Great Fear of aristocratic reprisal against the ongoing French Revolution struck France, arriving in the Barcelonnette area on 31 July 1789 ( when the news of the storming of the Bastille first reached the town ) before spreading towards Digne.

The previous inhabitants of the area were Celtic-speaking Gauls, as evidenced by the two Latinised Celtic names for their chief town: Batavodurum and Noviomagus ( Nijmegen, Neth ).

" Horn in the West ", a dramatization of the life and times of the early settlers of the mountain area, which features Daniel Boone as one of its characters, has been performed in an outdoor amphitheatre above the town every summer since 1952.

Because of the effects of the Great Depression on the Detroit area, his father moved the family to Boothwyn, Pennsylvania, near the town of Chester, when Bill was seven years old.

This huge area between Motherwell and Wishaw is in line to be transformed into the new town of Ravenscraig, a project partly funded by Corus.

In Australia, borough can designate a town and its surrounding area, such as the Borough of Queenscliffe.

In smaller boroughs, a town council was formed for the area of the abolished borough, while charter trustees were formed in other former boroughs.

Only Kawerau District, an enclave within Whakatane District, continues to follow the tradition of a small town council that does not include surrounding rural area.

The first elected trustees of the town were the slate of Denis Kearney's Workingman's Party, who were particularly favored in the working class area of the former Ocean View, now called " West Berkeley.

Standing at above sea level, it is located at the western end of the Grampian Mountains in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands, close to the town of Fort William.