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Tamaho, Yamanashi

Tamaho (玉穂町) was a town located in Nakakoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 10,612 and a population density of 1,291.00 persons per km2. The total area was 8.22 km2.

On February 20, 2006, Tamaho, along with the town of Tatomi (also from Nakakoma District), and the village of Toyotomi (from Nishiyatsushiro District), was merged to create the city of Chūō.

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Shōwa, Yamanashi

Shōwa (昭和町) is a town located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 20,338 in 8768 households and a population density of 2200 per km2. The total area of the town is 9.08 sqkm.

Geography
Shōwa is located in central Yamanashi Prefecture, southwest of Kōfu, the prefectural capital. Japan National Route 20 marks the boundary with Kōfu. Shōwa-dōri is the main road that runs through the middle of Shōwa, despite being called Shōwa Bypass by residents of the town. The Chūō Expressway also cuts over Shōwa running from north to south. The town is part of the greater Kōfu urban area and many "Kōfu" branches of businesses are in fact in Showa, for instance Aeon mall and Toho cinema. The border between Kōfu and Shōwa is heavily built up and indistinct.

Neighboring municipalities
Yamanashi Prefecture
 * Minami-Alps
 * Chūō
 * Kōfu
 * Kai

Climate
The town has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Shōwa is 14.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1273 mm with September as the wettest month. At the beginning of October, 2020 the daily temperature ranged from 26.0 °C to nightly low of 15 °C

Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Shōwa has grown rapidly over the past 50 years.

History
The area of present-day Shōwa was part of a shōen in the late Heian period controlled by Minamoto no Yoshikiyo, the ancestor of the Takeda clan. In the Edo period, along with the rest of Kai Province, the area was tenryō territory controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate. After the Meiji restoration, the area was organized into villages within Nakakoma District, Yamanashi with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on July 1, 1889. Shōwa village was established in 1942 by the merger of Saijō, Jōei and Oshihara villages within Nakakoma District. The village was elevated to town status in June 1971.

Education
Shōwa has three elementary Schools (Jōei, Oshihara and Saijōo) and one junior high school (Oshihara) operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Yamanashi Prefectural Board of Education. The local town promotes adult night classes and classes for pensioners. These include Japanese language for foreign residents.

Railway

 * JR logo (central).svg Central Japan Railway Company - Minobu Line
 * Jōei - Kokubo

Highway

 * [[Image:JP Expressway E19.svg|24px|link=|alt=E19]] Chūō Expressway

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Tatomi, Yamanashi

Tatomi (田富町) was a town located in Nakakoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 16,934 and a population density of 1,678.30 persons per km2. The total area was 10.09 km2.

On February 20, 2006, Tatomi, along with the town of Tamaho (also from Nakakoma District), and the village of Toyotomi (from Higashiyatsushiro District), was merged to create the city of Chūō.

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Nakakoma District, Yamanashi

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Nakakoma (中巨摩郡) is a district located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

As of 1 October 2020, the district has a population of 20,909 with a density of 2,3 persons per km2. The total area is 9.08 km2.

Municipalities
The district consists of one town:

 * Shōwa

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District Timeline
Nakakoma District was founded from the split of Koma District during the early Meiji period establishment of the municipalities system on July 22, 1878 and initially consisted of 52 villages.

Recent mergers

 * On April 1, 2003 - The towns of Shirane, Wakakusa, Kushigata and Kōsai, and the villages of Hatta and Ashiyasu were merged to form the new city of Minami-Alps.
 * On September 1, 2004 - The towns of Ryūō and Shikishima were merged with the town of Futaba (from Kitakoma District) to form the new city of Kai.
 * On February 20, 2006 - The towns of Tamaho and Tatomi were merged with the village of Toyotomi (from Higashiyatsushiro District) to form the new city of Chūō.

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Futaba, Yamanashi

Futaba (双葉町) was a town located in Kitakoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 13,483 and a density of 714.90 persons per km2. The total area was 18.86 km2.

History
On September 1, 2004, Futaba, along with the towns of Ryūō and Shikishima (both from Nakakoma District), was merged to create the city of Kai.

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Akeno, Yamanashi

Akeno (明野村) was a village located in Kitakoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Its territory includes Yama-Ogasawara, the village which gave its name to Ogasawara Nagakiyo, his clan of samurai, and—eventually—to the Ogasawara Islands in the North Pacific south of Tokyo. (Ogasawara itself is twinned with another location—Hara-Ogasawara in nearby Minami-Alps—due to the similar names.)

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 4,750 and a density of 169.04 persons per km2. The total area was 28.10 km2.

On November 1, 2004, Akeno, along with the towns of Hakushū, Nagasaka, Sutama and Takane, and the villages of Mukawa and Ōizumi (all from Kitakoma District), was merged to create the city of Hokuto.

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Sutama, Yamanashi

Sutama (須玉町) was a town located in Kitakoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,126 and a density of 40.89 persons per km2. The total area was 174.26 km2.

On November 1, 2004, Sutama, along with the towns of Hakushū, Nagasaka and Takane, and the villages of Akeno, Mukawa and Ōizumi (all from Kitakoma District), was merged to create the city of Hokuto.

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Takane, Yamanashi

Takane (高根町) was a town located in Kitakoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 9,579 and a density of 148.14 persons per km2. The total area was 64.66 km2.

On November 1, 2004, Takane, along with the towns of Hakushū, Nagasaka and Sutama, and the villages of Akeno, Mukawa and Ōizumi (all from Kitakoma District), was merged to create the city of Hokuto.

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Nagasaka, Yamanashi

Nagasaka (長坂町) was a town located in Kitakoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 9,377 and a density of 229.49 persons per km2. The total area was 40.86 km2.

On November 1, 2004, Nagasaka, along with the towns of Hakushū, Sutama and Takane, and the villages of Akeno, Mukawa and Ōizumi (all from Kitakoma District), was merged to create the city of Hokuto.

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Ōizumi, Yamanashi

Ōizumi (大泉村) was a village located in Kitakoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 4,155 and a density of 65.88 persons per km2. The total area was 63.07 km2.

History
On November 1, 2004, Ōizumi, along with the towns of Hakushū, Nagasaka, Sutama and Takane, and the villages of Akeno and Mukawa (all from Kitakoma District), was merged to create the city of Hokuto.

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Kobuchisawa, Yamanashi

Kobuchizawa (小淵沢町) was a town located in Kitakoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 6,127 and a density of 184.88 persons per km2. The total area was 33.14 km2.

On March 15, 2006, Kobuchizawa was merged into the expanded city of Hokuto. Therefore, Kitakoma District was dissolved as the result of this merger.

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Hakushū, Yamanashi

Hakushū (白州町) was a town located in Kitakoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,287 and a density of 31.06 persons per km2. The total area was 138.02 km2.

History
On November 1, 2004, Hakushū, along with the towns of Nagasaka, Sutama and Takane, and the villages of Akeno, Mukawa and Ōizumi (all from Kitakoma District), was merged to create the city of Hokuto.

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Mukawa, Yamanashi

Mukawa (武川村) was a village located in Kitakoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 3,301 and a density of 54.31 persons per km2. The total area was 60.78 km2.

On November 1, 2004, Mukawa, along with the towns of Hakushū, Nagasaka, Sutama and Takane, and the villages of Akeno and Ōizumi (all from Kitakoma District), was merged to create the city of Hokuto.

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Kitakoma District, Yamanashi

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Kitakoma (北巨摩郡) was a district located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

As of March 2006, the district had an estimated population of 6,127 with a density of 184.88 persons per km2. The total area was 33.14 km2.

Municipalities
Prior to its dissolution, the district consisted of only one town:

 * Kobuchisawa

District Timeline
Kitakoma District was founded from the split of Koma District during the early Meiji period establishment of the municipalities system on July 22, 1878 and initially consisted of 44 villages.

Recent mergers

 * On September 1, 2004 - The town of Futaba was merged with the towns of Ryūō and Shikishima (both from Nakakoma District) to create the city of Kai.
 * On November 1, 2004 - The towns of Hakushū, Nagasaka, Sutama and Takane, and the villages of Akeno, Mukawa and Ōizumi were merged to create the city of Hokuto.
 * On March 15, 2006 - The town of Kobuchisawa was merged into the expanded city of Hokuto. Kitakoma District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

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Akiyama, Yamanashi

Akiyama (秋山村) was a village located in Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 2,306 and a density of 51.09 persons per km2. The total area was 45.14 km2.

On February 13, 2005, Akiyama was merged with the former town of Uenohara (from Kitatsuru District), to create the city of Uenohara.

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Dōshi

Dōshi (道志村) is a village located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 1,676 across 623 households, and a population density of 21 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 79.57 km2.

Geography
Dōshi is in the far southeastern corner of Yamanashi Prefecture, in the Tanzawa Mountains, which isolate it from the rest of the prefecture to the north and east. The village is mostly forest and has numerous campsites.

Neighboring municipalities
Yamanashi Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture
 * Uenohara
 * Tsuru
 * Yamanakako
 * Sagamihara
 * Yamakita

Climate
The village has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Dōshi is 11.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1677 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.0 °C.

Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Dōshi has gradually decreased over the past 70 years.

History
During the Edo period, all of Kai Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. With the establishment of the modern municipalities system in the early Meiji period in 1889, the village of Dōshi was created in Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture. From 1897, the Dōshigawa River, which runs through the village, was designated as a primary source of water for the growing city of Yokohama. From 1916 a large portion of the village land area was designated as a protected watershed.

On June 12, 2003, 653 of the village residents signed a petition to be allowed the village to merge with the city of Yokohama. However, the petition was rejected by the Yamanashi Prefectural Assembly, citing complications over a cross-prefectural merger and issues with the village becoming an exclave of the Yokohama metropolis.

Economy
The economy of Dōshi is primarily based on forestry and agriculture.

Education
Dōshi has one public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.

Railway

 * Dōshi has no railway service.

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Nishikatsura

Nishikatsura (西桂町) is a town located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 4,298 in 1552 households, and a population density of 280 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 15.22 sqkm.

Geography
Nishikatsura is situated in the Katsura River valley in southern Yamanashi Prefecture, near the northern foot of Mount Fuji, and is the departure point for climbs of Mount Mitsutoge, which affords unhindered views of Mount Fuji. The area is also famous for its pure, clean water.

Neighboring municipalities

 * Yamanashi Prefecture
 * Fujiyoshida
 * Fujikawaguchiko
 * Tsuru

Climate
The town has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Nishikatsura is 10.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1641 mm with September as the wettest month.

History
The area around modern Nishikatsura has been settled since prehistoric times, and developed from the Sengoku period, as a hamlet on the pilgrimage route to Mount Fuji. During the Edo period, all of Kai Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. Per the early Meiji period establishment of the modern municipalities on July 1, 1889, the village of Katsura was created within Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture. It was renamed Nishikatsura on June 3, 1893 after expansion through annexation of portions of neighboring villages, and was raised to town status on September 15, 1952.

Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Nishikatsura peaked around the year 2000 and has declined since.

Economy
Nishikatsura is home to numerous small textile plants, which manufacture neckties and umbrellas.

Education
Nishikatsura has one public elementary school and one public middle school operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.

Railway

 * Fuji Kyuko Q Logo.svg Fujikyuko Line
 * Mitsutōge

Sister city relations

 * 🇨🇳 – Lingchuan County, Guangxi, China

Notable people from Nishikatsura

 * Yangji Lee, writer

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Oshino, Yamanashi

Oshino (忍野村) is a village in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the village has an estimated population of 9,817 in 4236 households, and a population density of 391,8 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 25.05 sqkm.

Geography
Oshino is located in southeastern Yamanashi Prefecture, in the foothills of Mount Fuji. The village is noted for its abundant spring water from Mount Fuji.

Neighboring municipalities

 * Yamanashi Prefecture
 * Fujiyoshida
 * Tsuru
 * Yamanakako

Climate
The village has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Oshino is 9.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1804 mm with September as the wettest month.

Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Oshino has grown steadily over the past 80 years.

History
During the Edo period, all of Kai Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. With the establishment of the modern municipalities system in the early Meiji period on April 1, 1889, the village of Oshino was created within Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture.

Economy
The world headquarters of FANUC are located in Oshino. The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Kita-Fuji is located in Oshino.

Education
Oshino has one public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.

Railway
Oshino is not serviced by rail transportation. The nearest railway station is Fujisan on the Fujikyuko Line in Fujiyoshida.

Highway
The village is also not serviced by the national highway network.

Sister city relations

 * 🇫🇷 - Charnay-lès-Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France,

Local attractions

 * Oshino Hakkai, the Eight Springs of Mount Fuji

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Yamanakako

Yamanakako (山中湖村) is a village located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 5,826 in 2401 households, and a population density of 110 pd/sqkm. The total area of the village is 52.81 km2.

Geography
Yamanakako is located in the far southeastern corner of Yamanashi Prefecture, surrounding Lake Yamanaka. Much of the village area is protected forest, extending to the base of Mount Fuji, which is also visible from many locations.

Neighboring municipalities
Yamanashi Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture Shizuoka Prefecture
 * Fujiyoshida
 * Tsuru
 * Oshino
 * Dōshi
 * Yamakita
 * Oyama

Climate
The village has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Yamanakako is 9.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1876 mm with September as the wettest month.

Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Yamanakako has recently plateaued after a long period of growth.

History
Numerous Jōmon period remains have been found near Lake Yamanaka, and ancient Tsuru County, of which the area is a part, is mentioned in the late Nara period Engishiki records. The area was a contested border region between the Takeda clan, Imagawa clan and Odawara Hōjō clan during the Sengoku period.

During the Edo period, all of Kai Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. With the establishment of the modern municipalities system in the early Meiji period in 1875, the village of Nakano was created within Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture by the merger of Yamanaka and Hirano hamlets. This village was renamed Yamanakako Village on January 1, 1965.

Economy
The economy of Yamanakako is primarily based on tourism and agriculture.

Education
Yamanakako has one public elementary school and one public junior high school, and one combined elementary/middle school, all operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.

Railway

 * Yamanakako has no railway service.

Highway

 * E68-JP.png Higashifuji-goko Road

Local attractions

 * Lake Yamanaka
 * Mishima Yukio Literary Museum

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Talk:Aperture

Eyes
Anyone know whether this can be applied to eyes? When one is in a bright area, can they focus more deeply? Just wondering... -Jeshii 02:09, May 2, 2004 (UTC)

Yes, it can. Ever tried squinting to focus? That's using the same trick ;). DodgeK 19:22, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

 * The eye is just a biological lens. Though, it'd be nice to be able to upgrade eyes like I can with my SLR... Cburnett 19:57, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

Shouldn't the pupil be the aperture stop? The pupil controls amount of light, not the iris. MonketDLuffy (talk) 06:43, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Not just photographic
Where's antenna aperture, effective aperture, etc.? Ojw 13:38, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Antenna aperture would deserve its own page. Not sure what "effective aperture is". See Aperture (disambiguation) for other apertures. Perhaps what you seek is there.--Srleffler 06:03, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

depth of field
There has been some reverting back and forth about stops and depth of field. So I added the following (hidden) comment in the text:
 * There is some confusion here. So let's be clear: Long depth of field occurs when the lens opening, and thus the stop, is small. However, a small opening equals a large f-stop number.

--Jeremy Butler 12:58, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed - and in addition : Stopping down means reducing the aperture = increasing the f-number (or is it the other way round? ;). Redbobblehat (talk) 15:32, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Wrong definition for Astronomical telescopes?
Astronomical telescopes for the most part do not have "aperture stops" that limit the light cone entering the system. In astronomical telescopes the word "aperture" is most commonly a synonym for "diameter" of the main optical element. Maybe that differnce should be noted in the article.(Halfblue 16:07, 11 March 2006 (UTC))

 * In optics, the aperture stop of any optical system is the aperture within the system that limits the system's ability to accept light. It doesn't have to be an adjustable iris. For a telescope such as you described, the edges of the main optical element are the aperture stop of the system.

 * The usage of the term in photography may be slightly different, leading to confusion.--Srleffler 16:22, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

 * P.S. Did you miss this line in the introduction: "The diameter of the aperture stop is sometimes simply referred to as the aperture of the system, especially when speaking of cameras and telescopes." If I understand what you are saying, I think that addresses your point. (But perhaps I'm misunderstanding you.)

 * Actually I was following the link "aperture" from a telescope article I was working on. Following that link leads the reader to this article that seems to be technically correct but does not give them a clear explanation. The specific definition that link needs to follow to is one like you find in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary :
 * 3. Aperture: (Opt.) The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture.
 * This article starts by describing it as "something which restricts the diameter of the light path" and having the "most obvious function" of reducing the amount of light.
 * The "Application" part does not seem to refer to telescopes.
 * The "In photography" section by definition refers exclusivly to the photographic term.
 * This article could use another category explaining that in Astronomical Telescopes Aperture is a synonym for Maximum Diameter of the system. Either that or maybe a new page giving the clear astronomical telescope definition?(Halfblue 03:35, 13 March 2006 (UTC))

 * Hmmm. I think everything is already covered here, but perhaps not very clearly from the perspective of someone who is interested in telescopes. It can probably be improved. I don't think that a new page is a good solution, because the usage in telescopy is clearly related to the more general usage in optics. We're really talking about the same thing. The aperture of a telescope is important because the size of the aperture determines how much light the telescope collects. This is exactly the same as the aperture (as defined here) in a camera or other optical system. The only difference is whether aperture refers to the physical thing, or to its diameter. Note, by the way, that Wikipedia is not a dictionary. It would be inappropriate for a wikipedia page to contain only a simple definition like that given by Webster. Simple definitions belong in Wiktionary. Note that Wikipedia articles can contain links to Wiktionary, like this: aperture.

 * OK, I took a stab at clarifying it. You're certainly right, in that the article was too photography-oriented. A lot of what was said wasn't general enough to include telescopes. I've tried to make it more inclusive. See what you think.--Srleffler 01:47, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Looks good although the photographic parts seemed ok before. Mixing astronomical uses of aperture may not be the best thing since astronomical telescope's aperture affects two qualities not as important to a photographer: total light gathering ability and Angular resolution. And astronomical telescope aperture is different from cameras and even terestrial telescopes since the astronomical telescope deals with point objects at infinity who's brightness is not affected by F-ratio, whereas with cameras F-5 is F-5 no matter how big the lens is. I would propose using Wikipedia’s Headings and Sub Headings method to move the astronomical telescope to a separate heading with a more concise definition. Have a look at my user page for an example of what I mean. The headings/categories may need to be clarified a bit.Halfblue 03:15, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure why you think that total light gathering ability is not important in photography. It certainly is. Telescopes are certainly affected by f-number, the same as any other optical system. The brightness of the image produced by a telescope is proportional to its f-number. This comes up less often with telescopes simply because you don't change lenses or (typically) apertures, the way you do with a camera, so the f-number is fixed. I don't fully understand your comment on this, though, so perhaps you are thinking of something different than what I am.
 * What I was saying is that they are not as important to photographers since given good equipment they have no need to build ever larger objectives. They need a certain level of performance for their task, going "bigger" gets into diminishing returns as far as their ability to do that task. This is not true for astronomical telescopes....bigger is always better. It was an equivocation of application.. sorry if it was confusing.
 * Judging by the time stamp you may have read my comments before I finished typing them...my bad for editing online. What I was pointing out re: f-ratio is that telescopes used for astronomy do behave differently from the same type of system used with terrestrial photography.... and F-numbers do not have the same affect for each application. Whereas increasing the objective aperture of an F/5 system has no affect for a photographer (in that the image of an illuminated terrestrial (extended) object stays at the same brightness per given square centimeter at the focal plane) aiming the same larger F/5 system at a self illuminating point source (stars) has a big difference over a smaller F/5 system - the objects becomes brighter as the size of the overall objective aperture increases... and changing the F-ratio has little affect to the brightness when imaging this class of objects.Halfblue 17:36, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see. I had the right equation but was reading it wrong. Yes, the brightness of the image of a point source does not scale with f-number the way that of an extended source does. I didn't realize that before.--Srleffler 01:54, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Looking at the text on your page, I don't think your changes to the introduction work. I'm not willing to accept an introduction that doesn't deal first with the usage of this term in optics. Other uses are secondary, and need to be addressed, but without interfering with a clear definition of the optical term. Also, the paragraph on aperture stop needs to stay in the introduction, because that term redirects to this page. Moving it into a subsection will lead to confusion, especially since the terminology overlaps (photographers and astronomers call the diameter of the aperture stop the "aperture", contrary to both the optics terminology and common English usage.) As far as separating the optics, photography, and telescopy usages, I think you are creating a completely artificial division. The concepts involved are all fundamentally the same. The only difference is a slight difference in usage, that to an optical designer or scientist an "aperture" is a physical object with a hole in it, while to an astronomer the "aperture" is the diameter of that hole. The math, physics, and optical design criteria are all the same. The specific constraints are different because a telescope and a camera have different applications, but the principles are identical, and are the same in the design of microscopes, binoculars, etc.--Srleffler 03:59, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * P.S. Note that the size of the Airy disk, which determines the resolution of a telescope, is proportional to the telescope's f-number. Reference: The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy & Spaceflight--Srleffler 04:06, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

I think the problem I am seeing is that this may be what I said originally “a wrong definition for astronomical telescopes” I am not saying this article is wrong. Your link to Wiktionary helps me out. There are three definitions there. This article is, as you say, about the noun “aperture” 2. (Optics) Something which restricts the diameter of the light path through one plane in an optical system. But the term amateur astronomers are using rightly or wrongly is “aperture” referring to definition 1. An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall…… and actualy the quality of that opening…. it's size. This article does cover those aspects technicaly.... but since this is an Encyclopedia.... clarity to the readers is also a consideration. So the article is not wrong….. it may just be wrong to link the astronomical telescope term to this article and instead link it to the Wiktionary as you suggested.Halfblue 17:36, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, as I see it the astronomers are not referring to definition 1, but to definition 2. The diameter of your objective lens restricts how much light you can get into your telescope. When you talk about the "aperture" of a telescope, you are talking about the diameter of what an optical engineer would call the aperture stop of the telescope. And no, I don't think it's wrong for astronomers to use different terminology. I think it's important to address both together here because it may help astronomers understand better the optics of their telescopes. Where this article goes wrong is then in its comments about the effect of aperture on an optical system, some of which are not correct for a telescope.--Srleffler 01:54, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Problems with Aperture article
This was posted on the SA Forums and has a couple criticisms of this article. Could an expert review these and fix the article as they see fit?

"Just out of curiosity, I decided to look at the first thing I could think of that I have a fair degree of confidence in my knowledge. So, I went to Wikipedia and searched for 'Aperture' (as it relates to Photography).

A criticism:

"Aperture is usually measured in f-numbers. A lens will have a set of "f-stops" that represent doublings in the amount of light let through the aperture."

This is not quite true. While it is true that the standard f-stop progression used in photography does represent doublings of light per step along the progression, very few (if any) modern cameras work at this imprecise a level of granularity. Pretty much all cameras work in either 1/3 stop or 1/2 stop steps. So, telling people that each number in the set represents a doubling will quite likely confuse someone not familiar with the concept. They will be led to believe that if they increase the aperture by 1 "step" on a camera, they are doubling the amount of light being let in, and on the majority of modern cameras, that is not the case.

In short, they are confusing two concepts: the standard f-stop progression, and the f-stop scale as it is represented on modern cameras and lenses.

While it may be trivial, it took me all of 1 minute to look and find something that looks true enough, but is wrong in a subtle and meaningful way that might easily mislead someone who was using Wikipedia to find out about a new subject.

This doesn't even address the fact that the rest of that particular section is poorly worded in ways that tend to make things sound more or less absolute than they really are.

"A very fast zoom lens will be constant f/2.8, which means the aperture will stay the same throughout the zoom range.".

There are two concepts at work here: the existence of constant maximum aperture zoom lenses, and an example of such a lens with a particular quality (speed). As worded, this is a confusing mess. Will a very fast zoom lens always be a constant f/2.8? Is it possible a fast zoom lens exists that is a constant f/2.5? Why not explain the difference between constant max aperture and variable max aperture first, and why they exist, and then give examples, instead of throwing out examples mixed with terminology that the examples use?

Again, small things, but this was the first article I pulled up. Do you really think this kind of thing is isolated, and that I just got lucky?"

--Liface 18:43, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I find the problem is pretty widespread, and I've been working on fixing such things, little by little; see my contributions to see what I mean. It's a big job to turn lots of amateur articles into serious professional-looking encyclopedia articles, but I see steady progress in that direction.  Just jump in and help. Dicklyon 19:38, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Aperture and aperture stop
There seems to be some confusion of terminology between different fields. In optics, an "aperture" is any opening through which the light passes. In an optical system, such as a camera lens, the edges of each lens element or its fixture is an "aperture". The aperture stop is a special aperture: the one aperture within the system that limits the size of the axial cone of rays that can pass through the system to form an image. Usage of the terms in other fields (such as photography) may vary, and the article needs to deal with both usages clearly and distinctly.--Srleffler 06:45, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Your changes so far are great, but it's unclear what more you are saying we need to do. I'd disagree on one fine point:  I'd say the aperture stop is a special stop, not a special aperture.  I'll check some books... Dicklyon 14:46, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

 * My best authoritative book here is Hardy and Perrin, 1932, The Principles of Optics, ch. 5 p. 68 "The Limitation of Rays by Apertures". This chapter title is already somewhat inverted from how I conceptualize it, which is that the "stop" provides the limitation, the "aperture" being the open part.  But let's see what they say... First off "...the aperture of the system, which is determined by the diameters of the lenses and the stops that it contains"  sounds good to me; no circular use of aperture to define aperture.  "The theory of stops was first developed by Abbe, and it constitutes one of the most useful concepts in the theory of optical instruments".  So far so good.  Then "...element II is the stop or diaphragm that such a system normally contains"; sounds good -- a stop is a physical blocking element, usually a diaphragm, that is a thin structure supported around its edges, and with a hole in it.  "image-forming pencil (of rays)...in the image space...has a half-angle θ′".  and "It is clear from the figure that the value of θ is determined by the diameter of the diaphragm II, which is therefore called the aperture stop in the terminology developed by Abbe.  Later, "it is obvious that the rim of either lens I or lens III (or both) might become the aperture stop if the diameters of these were decreased sufficiently."  Now, he never says there are multiple apertures, or that an aperture is a hole, or that a lens diameter is an aperture; he only applies the term aperture or aperture stop to the whole system.  He goes on "In rare cases, two stops may be equally effective, ..." so now he has multiple stops, but still only one aperture.  And "The fact that stop II is the aperture stop..." makes it clear that an aperture stop is a type of a stop, not a type of an aperture.  And "The field stop is the real diaphragm of which the entrance window is an image" talks about another type of stop, not a type of aperture.  So, I think I'll reword the article as I noted above.  Citations supporting other points of view are of course welcome. Dicklyon 20:26, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Glossographia Anglicana Nova
Well, thanks to a recent edit we now have the picture of the Glossographia Anglicana Nova quote right next to the quote itself, as text. This is not acceptable. Options:
 * 1) move the picture somewhere else in the article
 * 2) delete the picture
 * 3) delete the text quote (less desirable due to accessibility concerns.)
 * 4) nuke the whole history section but keep the picture.

I mention the last option because the history section is really just two huge quotes with little explanation or discussion of the history. While the quotes are interesting, this is not an effective presentation of the history of aperture, and may violate WP:NOT.--Srleffler 12:47, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Zoom aperture range
bhphotovideo.com shows 58 lenses with aperture 6.3 at the tele end. I admit that 5.6 is more common (about 230 hits), and I'll stop arguing about it, but my objection was to uncommented changes without mentioning a reason or a source. Dicklyon 16:04, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, just next time try not to cite a source that is bias towards specific brands/lens mounts, and having f/6.3 as a max aperture would suck, AF is a pain and f/6.3 is the limit for most consumer SLR's AF systems (some pro bodies can AF as narrow as f/8); not to mention the amount of light needed. Ctrlfreak13 20:28, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Field of view
Why does 'field of view' link to Angle of view, when it has its own article, Field of view? In the first section, it says:
 * ...a photographic lens may have one or more field stops, which limit the system's field of view.

I may be missing something, so I wanted to make sure on the talk page first. --iNkubusse? 06:28, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

 * I think the text should actually say "Angle of view". However I'm a bit confused by the section in general, particular what a "field stop" is as opposed to an aperture stop, so maybe the whole bit could do with a bit of rewriting. Tejastheory (talk) 07:20, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

 * Then, I think it's better this way, because it says 'system's field of view' which is practically the 'angle of view'.

 * Anyway, it says In addition to an aperture stop.... The field stop just limits the angle of view (the system's field of view), but it may become the aperture stop if it's outside the angle of view (that's how vignetting is achieved), so the image is darkened on the edges. But you're right, it is confusing, it took me a long time to decipher the text, and I'm still not sure what I'm talking about. I hope someone can simplify it. --iNkubusse? 20:06, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

 * The field stop is whatever acts as frame around the film plane, ie "In a film camera, the physical film gate performs the function of the field stop". The field stop's job is to crop the image at the film plane and is usually in physical contact with the film in order to give a nice crisp edge. The digital equivalent I suppose would be whatever delimits the "effective pixels" on the sensor (which could be "cropping" of data rather than light). By definition it's the last stop in the system and part of the camera rather than the lens. Also, by definition, vignetting cannot be caused by the field stop itself. The sentence :"Outside the angle of view, a field stop may become the aperture stop, causing vignetting; vignetting is only a problem if it happens inside the desired field of view." makes no sense to me at all. Field of view and Angle of view are not always interchangable, the angle of view is only one aspect of the field of view. I suggest redirecting the link to field of view. Redbobblehat (talk) 15:22, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

 * The wording was confusing. I rephrased it based on what I think they were trying to say. One can in principle have field stops in the lens, as well as the film gate. If a field stop in the lens limits the field of view to less than what the film gate allows, the image on the film will be smaller than the usual image size, and might be a different shape (e.g. circular). This cropping of the image is, technically, vignetting, but is not a problem. Vignetting is any change in the image due to rays being blocked by something other than the aperture stop.--Srleffler (talk) 21:34, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Actual, Effective and Relative aperture
According to p.49.
 * Actual Aperture is the mean diameter of the actual aperture formed by the diaphragm opening (this is not necessarily circular). Ie it's the physical hole inside the aperture stop.
 *  Relative Aperture is represented by a number N (f-number), which is defined as the equivalent focal length of the lens divided by the diameter EN of the entrance pupil; N=f/EN.
 * Effective Aperture (sometimes used erroneously to refer to the entrance pupil) properly refers to the relative aperture corrected for a lens that is not focussed at infinity. Redbobblehat (talk) 15:56, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

 * Those seem like sensible definitions. I'm not sure they are used universally, however. In optical engineering, what he calls the "effective aperture" is typically called the "working f-number". (Relative aperture is the f-number.)--Srleffler (talk) 21:38, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

 * Nailing down synonyms seems like a good use of wikipedia! "Working f-number" is certainly less ambiguous than "effective aperture". Jacobson seems very keen to avoid confusing the "effective aperture" with "entrance pupil", which is contradictory to at least 3 out of the 4 uses of "effective aperture" in the current article. Perhaps entrance pupil and exit pupil should be added to this context/list of specific photography/optics aperture terminology, so that their differences and relationships can be explained explicitly ? Redbobblehat (talk) 12:33, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Article target audience
This article needs to be rewritten to a beginning target audience, and another article written for advanced readers. One for a beginner who's trying to figure out how to read the numbers showing on their camera? One for an advanced photographer, astronomer, or physics student.

Article would benefit greatly from two or three simple diagrams showing a cutaway side view of lens elements.

Terminology is inconsistent. I.e., is it a "prime lens", "a fixed focal length lens", an "FFL" or a non-zoom lens? The article uses all four terms in a single sentence without actually ever explaining what what it is! In places the article reads "film" as focus of a lens, in another "film or image sensor". In another, it uses "image/film plane"! Make it clear at the beginning of the article that a lens can focus on film, an electronic sensor, the back of the eye, or even a wall. Then use the same term throughout the article. Using "professional lenses" when "expensive" or "specialty lenses" is meant is imprecise, and unhelpful.

There is considerable original research. My understanding is that most professional photographers now prefer zoom lenses in most shooting situations. Kubrick's lens in Barry Lyndon may have had the largest aperture 20 years ago, but is that still true? Citation? Piano non troppo (talk) 20:29, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

 * These are nits, not major rewrite issues. I'll take the tag off.  Feel free to work on or point out specific issues that still need attention. Dicklyon (talk) 01:02, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Aperture control
Several months ago, I added a section on aperture control to the article Perspective control lens to explain why Nikon's inclusion of automatic aperture in its recent PC-E lenses was important. I don't think that article is the right place for a detailed explanation, and I don't think the topic merits a separate article. If there's no objection, I'd like to move the bulk of that section here, with only a brief description remaining in the Perspective control lens article. JeffConrad (talk) 07:34, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

 * Sounds reasonable, but I hope you'll cite some sources on automatic aperture control facts. Dicklyon (talk) 17:59, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

 * Just like the rest of this article ;-)? I'm not quite sure which items count as “automatic aperture control”. The only specifics I mention relate to Canon and Nikon tilt/shift lenses; for those, the source is Canon and Nikon literature. Good sources on the transition from manual to auto may be harder to come by, though Sidney Ray has several paragraphs on it in The Manual of Photography, 9th ed. (136–137). I think Moose Peterson briefly covers this as well, but I'll need to check. Anything else may need to be flagged; full-aperture metering and automatic diaphragm control have been the norm for so long that the topic isn't even mentioned in most photographic books written in the last 40 years. And it's not even mentioned in this article, either.

 * I'll add it as a new subsection under In photography; first, though, I suppose I should make sure that no one objects to having it removed from the current article. JeffConrad (talk) 00:08, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Aperture area
Have I got this right : the aperture area described in the article is the same as the area of the entrance pupil because it is 'reverse engineering' the f-number (as effective focal length/entrance pupil diameter) ? --Redbobblehat (talk) 20:14, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

 * I think so. This article needs updating to either clarify that most of what it is talking about is actually the entrance pupil, or clarify that in some fields "aperture" is used to mean "entrance pupil". —Ben FrantzDale (talk) 14:05, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Variable relative aperture
JeffConrad, you changed "a variable relative aperture" to "a variable maximum aperture". Probably it should be "a variable maximum relative aperture." You can get by without "relative" when saying the aperture is f/2 etc., but when f is changing, you need to be more explicit; in the sentence in question, how can it make the intended point without saying relative? Dicklyon (talk) 02:29, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

 * I guess I implicitly posed the question, “Can we informally take ‘maximum aperture’ as equivalent to ‘maximum relative aperture’ in this context”, as typically is done in the photographic vernacular. “Variable relative aperture” strikes me as a bit vague, seemingly implying that the relative aperture changes with focal length whether or not it’s set to the maximum value. For some zooms this is true; for others it is not. If it’s felt that we must say “variable maximum relative aperture”, I don’t have a problem.

 * I just don't think it's right to use "maximum aperture" both for "maximum aperture diameter" (implied by the use of "aperture" to mean "aperture diameter" in calling f/2 an aperture value), and "maximum relative aperture" in the same article. Find a way to disambiguate.  Dicklyon (talk) 00:21, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Same problem with "largest maximum aperture in film history". How can that make sense when you intend to say lowest f-number in film history? Dicklyon (talk) 02:31, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

 * No disagreement on what’s formally correct—I’d first thought of saying “lowest minimum f-number”, but I thought it would confuse most readers—so instead I posed the question (apparently the answer is “No”). I’d much prefer “largest maximum relative aperture”, as it was before. Another alternative would be to use the photographic vernacular and just say “fastest lens”.

 * Fastest works for me. Dicklyon (talk) 00:21, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

I’ve added relative in a few places where it seems appropriate. Though “variable maximum relative aperture” may be strictly correct, it seems to have an awkwardly long string of modifiers. The only means of avoiding it I can think of is to refer to the aperture f/# (rather than the f-number) in all places, and doing so might introduce its own awkwardness in some places. To be honest, the entire section is marginal as well as essentially unsourced, and some of the claims are mighty questionable, especially in the last paragraph.

I replaced the ref for the f/0.7 lens with the original English-language article; however, like the gizmodo source, this article seems marginal with regard to WP:RS.

Merger proposal
I propose that Entrance pupil and Exit pupil be merged into Aperture. The message of the pupil articles is mostly already contained within the Aperture article. Any missing information could be easily transferred, staying entirely within the context of Aperture, given that they are referring to the same thing. The Aperture article is more robust. Aperture is the more common term. Some of the content of the pupil articles is more technical in nature and would be beneficial to add to the Aperture article regardless. JimsMaher (talk) 19:26, 14 January 2013 (UTC) Let me add that Aperture stop redirects to this article. How is that difference, between the aperture and the aperture stop, significantly less than the difference (in theory or practice) between aperture and the entrance and exit pupils, enough to support their own independent articles? Moreover, the aperture article is lacking in an understanding of the full process that is light traveling through aperture, without exit and entrance pupil being more involved with the explanation than they currently are. JimsMaher (talk) 17:25, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Merging
 * Oppose. Entrance pupil, exit pupil, and aperture are three distinct things. The topics are related, but not identical. Merging the articles would probably make the distinction between these concepts less clear. There is enough material for three articles. Entrance and exit pupil are extremely important concepts in optics.--Srleffler (talk) 02:53, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment – the pupils could be well covered in one article. Not aperture.  Dicklyon (talk) 04:17, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't see why aperture stop redirecting to aperture is a problem. I don't doubt that the aperture article could be improved, but I do not see merging the other two articles here as helpful. This article can and should discuss the relationships between these concepts. This does not require a merge.
 * Because this conversation is stale, I have removed the merge tags.--Srleffler (talk) 16:43, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

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Collimated?
In this edit pair, the only edits by User:Stinen~enwiki, we got the odd concept of collimation into the lead of this article, way back in 2007. Sorry I didn't notice sooner. This is wrong, unsourced, and not summarizing what the article says, so I'm going to take it out. There's a good notion there, but collimation does not describe it. Dicklyon (talk) 05:32, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

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Fujikawaguchiko

Fujikawaguchiko (富士河口湖町) is a town located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 26,542 in 10,618 households, and a population density of 170 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 158.40 sqkm.

Geography
Fujikawaguchiko is located in southern Yamanashi Prefecture, in the foothills of Mount Fuji. Three of the Fuji Five Lakes (Lake Kawaguchi, Lake Sai and Lake Shōji) are located in Fujikawaguchiko. Lake Motosu is shared with neighboring Minobu.

Neighboring municipalities
Yamanashi Prefecture:
 * Ōtsuki
 * Tsuru
 * Fujiyoshida
 * Fuefuki
 * Nishikatsura
 * Kōfu
 * Minobu
 * Narusawa

Shizuoka Prefecture:
 * Fujinomiya

Climate
Fujikawaguchiko features a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa, bordering on Dfb) that closely borders on a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) and an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The average annual temperature in Fujikawaguchiko is 10.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1663 mm with September as the wettest month.

Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Fujikawaguchiko grown slightly in recent decades.

History
The area around Lake Kawaguchi has been inhabited since at least the Jōmon period. It was on the road connecting Kai Province with Suruga Province, and is mentioned in Heian period records, which also document an eruption of Mount Fuji in 864 AD. During the Edo period, all of Kai Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. During the cadastral reform of the early Meiji period on July 1, 1889, the area came under the jurisdiction of Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture.

On 15 November 2003, the town of Kawaguchiko, and the villages of Katsuyama and Ashiwada merged to form the new town of Fujikawaguchiko. The headquarters of the infamous Aum Shinrikyo was located in the village of Kamikuishiki, most of which was absorbed into Fujikawaguchiko on 1 March 2006.

In May 2024, Fujikawaguchiko erected a large black barrier to block the iconic view of Mount Fuji due to a surge in tourists drawn by the town's popularity on social media platforms like Instagram. Installed on May 21, this measure followed complaints of disruptive behavior from tourists, including harassment of locals, littering, and trespassing. Even businesses unrelated to tourism, such as a dental clinic, had been affected, prompting them to seek intervention from local authorities. Unlike specific attractions, Fujikawaguchiko's issue stems from a viewpoint favored for capturing Mount Fuji, located in front of a convenience store. Most visitors opt for day trips, contributing to traffic congestion and environmental damage without significant financial benefits to the town.

Education
Fujikawaguchiko has eight public elementary schools and two public junior high schools operated by the town government, along with one private elementary school and one private junior high school. The town has one public high school operated by the Yamanashi Prefectural Board of Education. The Health Science University, a private medical school, is located in Fujikawaguchiko.

Railway

 * Fuji Kyuko Q Logo.svg Fujikyuko Line
 * Fujikyu-Highland -Kawaguchiko.

Highway

 * [[Image:JP Expressway E19.svg|24px|link=|alt=E19]] Chūō Expressway

Local attractions

 * The toy museum of Teruhisa Kitahara
 * Fuji Five Lakes
 * The sound of wild birds at Lake Sai was designated as one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan by the Ministry of the Environment

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Talk:Amritsar

Software park

 * (Moved from User talk:RegentsPark) Hi RegentsPark I assure you the content I have added is 100% true and not for any promotion. I does not belong to STPI building at all. I am a native of the city and the content is very general, Like Airport, railway station, malls, STPI is also a Government building and it belongs to Amritsar city.
 * You can verify, I have not copied the content and I have clicked the photo myself.
 * My intentions are to display all the important assets and buildings of the city so that Wikipedia can be more informative.
 * Please verify and if you allow I would like to add that changes.
 * Further I would like to add better photos of Bus Stand and Metro Bus system of Amritsar. Er.Jaskaran.Singh (talk) 18:18, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi. You need to provide a reliable source that not only verifies the existence of this organization but also clearly indicates that it is important enough to include in the article. --RegentsPark (comment) 22:08, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi @RegentsPark these are the Indian government websites
 * https://stpi.in/en/news/holy-city-amritsar-inches-closer-becoming-it-hub this article on October 06, 2021 shows the reliability.
 * From Punjab state, Indian Government which gives more details https://doit.punjab.gov.in/sites/default/files/PM2015-16.pdf
 * This is the third reliable document I found https://doit.punjab.gov.in/sites/default/files/AP2016-17.pdf
 * Fourth is http://investpunjab.gov.in/assets/docs/IT_sector.pdf
 * These are some private famous websites:
 * https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/software-technology-park-set-to-take-wing-in-amritsar-390772
 * https://www.business-standard.com/article/sme/new-stpi-centres-in-punjab-will-benefit-small-it-firms-113121601068_1.html
 * A few videos from news channels:
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiI7xouxtnQ
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MByMkkagfME
 * If you feel these are sufficient and shows this is an important building in Amritsar city you may keep my edit, otherwise it should be removed. Er.Jaskaran.Singh (talk) 17:34, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Problem with demographics
Hinduism is listed at 49.36% of the population and Sikhism as 96%.

These numbers can't be right. Could someone who knows correct this and then delete my comments here? CharlesKiddell (talk) 23:21, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 January 2023
CorrectEditorPunjabi (talk) 18:10, 5 January 2023 (UTC) I add something

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Narusawa, Yamanashi

Narusawa (鳴沢村) is a village located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 3,152 in 1257 households, and a population density of 32.6 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 89.58 sqkm.

Geography
Narusawa is located in southern Yamanashi Prefecture, in the foothills of Mount Fuji. The entire village is located within the borders of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.

Neighboring municipalities
Yamanashi Prefecture Shizuoka Prefecture
 * Fujiyoshida
 * Fujikawaguchiko
 * Oyama

Climate
The city has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Kōshū is 9.6 °C. (Note that the preceding climate information is for a distant location in the same prefecture as Narusawa village that has a very different climate and elevation from Narusawa.) The average annual rainfall is 1751 mm with September as the wettest month.

History
The place name "Narusawa" is mentioned in the Kamakura period chronicle Azuma Kagami as a hamlet on the road connecting Kai Province with Suruga Province. During the Edo period, all of Kai Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. With the establishment of the modern municipalities system in the early Meiji period on July 1, 1889, the village of Narusawa was created within Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture.

Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Narusawa has remained relatively steady over the past several decades.

Education
Narusawa has one public elementary school operated by the village government. The village does not have a junior high school or a high school.

Railway

 * Narusawa does not have any railway services

Local attractions
The Kawaguchiko Motor Museum is located in Narusawa.

Sister city relations

 * 🇫🇷 - Sellières, Jura, Franche-Comté, France

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Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi

Minamitsuru (南都留郡) is a rural district located in southeastern Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

As of 1 October 2020, the district had an estimated population of 48,970 with a density of 116,3 persons per km2. The total area was 421 km2.

Municipalities
The districts consists of two towns and four villages:

 * Dōshi
 * Fujikawaguchiko
 * Narusawa
 * Nishikatsura
 * Oshino
 * Yamanakako

 * Notes:

History
Yamanashi MinamiTsuru-gun.png:

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 * yellow - areas formerly within the district borders during the early Meiji period
 * green - current borders

The district formerly included the cities of Fujiyoshida, Tsuru and a portion of the city of Uenohara.

District Timeline
Minamitsuru District was founded during the early Meiji period establishment of the municipalities system on July 22, 1878 and initially consisted of 21 villages.

Recent mergers

 * On November 15, 2003 - The town of Kawaguchiko, and the villages of Katsuyama and Ashiwada were merged to form the town of Fujikawaguchiko
 * On February 13, 2005 - The village of Akiyama was merged with the former town of Uenohara (from Kitatsuru District) to form the new city of Uenohara.
 * On March 1, 2006 - The town of Fujikawaguchiko absorbed parts of the village of Kamikuishiki (from Nishiyatsushiro District), consisting of the sections of Fujigane, Motosu and Shoji.

title: Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi


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Uenohara, Yamanashi (town)

Uenohara (上野原町) was a town located in Kitatsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2004, the area within the former town of Uenohara had an estimated population of 26555 and a density of 211.58 persons per km2. The total area was 125.51 km2.

History
On February 13, 2005, Uenohara (formerly from Kitatsuru District), absorbed the village of Akiyama (from Minamitsuru District) to create the city of Uenohara.

Geography

 * Mountains: Mount Mikuni, Mount Ōgi, Mount Mitō
 * Rivers: Sagami River, Nakama River, Tsuru River

Surrounding municipalities
The following are the municipalities that surrounded the town of Uenohara before it was merged.
 * Yamanashi Prefecture
 * Ōtsuki
 * Kosuge
 * Akiyama
 * Tokyo
 * Hinohara
 * Kanagawa Prefecture
 * Fujino

title: Uenohara, Yamanashi (town)


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Kosuge

Kosuge (小菅村) is a village located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 701, and a population density of 13 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 52.65 sqkm.

Geography
Kosuge is located in the mountainous far northeastern corner of Yamanashi Prefecture. The municipality consists of eight hamlets of Hashidate, Kawaike, Tadamoto, Nakagumi, Tobu, Shirasawa, Konagata, Nagasaku. The seven villages from Hashidate to Konagata are along the Kobuchi River in the Tama River water system, and the Nagakushi village is along the Tsurugawa River in the Sagami River water system. The hamlets have elevations between 540 and 780 meters. Forest occupies 95% of the total area of the village, with 30% protected watershed forest within the Chichibu Tama Kai National Park, providing water for the Tokyo Metropolis.

Neighboring municipalities
Yamanashi Prefecture: Tokyo metropolis:
 * Uenohara
 * Otsuki
 * Kōshū
 * Tabayama
 * Okutama

Climate
The village has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Kosuge is 8.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1552 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around -2.2 °C.

Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Kosuge has decreased over the past 60 years.

History
During the Edo period, all of Kai Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. During the cadastral reform of the early Meiji period on July 1, 1889, the village of Kosuge was created within Kitatsuru District, Yamanashi. Discussions to merge with the neighboring city of Kōshū, Yamanashi in 2008 have been shelved.

Economy
The economy of Kosuge is primarily based on forestry and agriculture.

Education
Kosuge has one public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.

Railway
The village has no passenger rail service. The nearest train station is Oku-Tama Station in Okutama, Tokyo.

Buses

 * All route buses operated in Kosuge stop at  bus stop.

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Halton (federal electoral district)

Halton was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1988 before being abolished in an electoral district redistribution, and again from 1997 to 2015, when it was again abolished in another electoral district redistribution. When it was last contested in 2011, its population was 203,437, of whom 115,255 were eligible electors.

1867–1966
Halton riding was created by the British North America Act, 1867, and defined as Halton County.

1966–1976
In 1966, the riding was redefined to consist of the Towns of Milton and Oakville and the Township of Esquesing in the County of Halton, and the Township of Erin in the County of Wellington.

1976–1987
In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the Towns of Milton and Oakville, and the southern part of the Town of Halton Hills.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Halton—Peel and Oakville—Milton ridings.

1996–2015
In 1996, the riding was re-created to include the Town of Milton and the northern parts of the Town of Oakville and the City of Burlington, defined as:
 * the Town of Milton,
 * the part of the Town of Oakville lying northwest of a line drawn from northeast to southwest along Dundas Street West, southeaster along Eighth Line, and southwest along Upper Middle Road, and
 * the part of the City of Burlington lying northwest of a line drawn from northeast to southwest along the Queen Elizabeth Way, northwest along Walkers Line, southwest along Upper Middle Road, northwest along Guelph Line, and southwest along Dundas Street.

In 2015, the riding of Halton was abolished and redistributed between Milton, Oakville North—Burlington, Burlington, Mississauga—Streetsville and Mississauga—Erin Mills.

Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

1997–2015
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1867–1988
Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

Note: Conservative vote is compared to Government vote in 1917 election, and Liberal vote is compared to Opposition vote.

Note: Government vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1911 election, and Opposition vote is compared to Liberal vote.

Note: indicates change in popular vote from to 1891 general election.

On Mr. Chisholm being unseated, on petition, 8 December 1874:

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Tabayama

Tabayama (丹波山村) is a village located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 530, and a population density of 5.79 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 101.30 sqkm.

Geography
Located in the northeastern corner of Yamanashi Prefecture, the village is very mountainous. An estimated 97% of the village is covered by forests. The village is located within the borders of Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park.

 * Mountains: Mount Kumotori, Mount Daibosatsu, Mount Hiryū, Mount Nanatsuishi, Iwadake
 * Rivers: Taba River, Kaizawa River, Atoyama River
 * Lakes: Lake Okutama

Surrounding municipalities

 * Yamanashi Prefecture
 * Kōshū
 * Kosuge
 * Tokyo
 * Okutama
 * Saitama Prefecture
 * Chichibu

Climate
The village has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Tabayama is 10.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1408 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around -1.1 °C.

Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Tabayama has decreased substantially over the past 60 years.

History
During the Edo period, all of Kai Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. During the cadastral reform of the early Meiji period on July 1, 1889, the village of Tabayama was created within Kitatsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture. Most of the land in the village has been protected watershed, providing water for the Tokyo Metropolis since 1901, under the control of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Waterworks. Discussions have taken place to merge Tabayama with neighboring Kōshū, but were suspended in 2008.

Economy
The economy of Tabayama is primarily based on forestry and agriculture.

Education
Tabayama has one public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.

Railway
The village has no passenger rail service. The nearest train station is Oku-Tama Station in Okutama, Tokyo.

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Kitatsuru District, Yamanashi

Kitatsuru (北都留郡) is a rural district located in northeastern Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

As of October 2020, the district had an estimated population of 1,214 with a density of 7.879 persons per km2. The total area was 154.1 km2.

Municipalities
Prior to its dissolution, the district consisted of only two villages:

 * Kosuge
 * Tabayama

 * Notes:

History
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 * yellow - areas formerly within the district borders during the early Meiji period
 * green - current borders

The district formerly included the city of Ōtsuki and a portion of the city of Uenohara.

District Timeline
Kitatsuru District was founded during the early Meiji period establishment of the municipalities system on July 22, 1878 and initially consisted of 18 villages.

Uenohara was elevated to town status on December 27, 1897, followed by Ōtsuki on April 1, 1933. Saruhashi became a town on April 1, 1935, followed by Shippo on April 1, 1954. However, on August 8, 1954, Shippo and Saruhashi merged with Ōtsuki to form the city of Ōtsuki.

Recent mergers

 * On February 13, 2005 - The former town of Uenohara absorbed the village of Akiyama (from Minamitsuru District) to form the new city of Uenohara.

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Oak Ridges—Markham (federal electoral district)

Oak Ridges—Markham was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. Its population in 2006 was 169,645., with 136,755 electors, the highest of any riding in Canada. By 2011, the riding's population had risen to 228,997, the largest population of all ridings in Canada.

The district covered part of the suburbs north of Toronto. It included the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville, most of the township of King (excepting extreme northeast) the northern portions of the town of Richmond Hill (including all of Oak Ridges), and the northern and eastern portions of the city of Markham.

The electoral district was created in 2004 52.5% from Oak Ridges, 30% from Markham, 13% from Vaughan—King—Aurora, and 4.5% from York North riding.

Following the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, the district was split between King—Vaughan, Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill, Markham—Unionville, and Markham—Stouffville.

Demographics
Communities in Oak Ridges—Markham are the destination for many immigrants to Canada, composing about 41.6% of the population, or about 70,000 of its residents. For 72,440 residents, neither English nor French, the official languages of Canada, is their mother tongue, though most have knowledge of English (148,975), French (160), or both (12,885). Most immigrants become citizens, as 11,155 immigrants were not Canadian citizens as of the Canada 2006 Census.

The primarily urban district has a low proportion of Aboriginal residents compared to other parts of Canada, with just 625 people identifying themselves of such descent. It is also home to 70,070 residents who identify themselves as visible minorities, more than half of which are Chinese Canadians and about 20% are Black Canadians.

At the 2006 census, the participation rate of residents in the work force was 71.3%, and the electoral district unemployment rate was 5%, below the national average of 6.3%.

The district is the second-largest electoral district in Canada by population, next to Brampton West which had 170,422 residents at the 2006 census. It was the 64th largest in 2001, with a population of 111,276, but had the greatest population growth from 2001 to 2006, about 52.5%.

Boundaries
According to Elections Canada, Oak Ridges—Markham consisted of that part of the Regional Municipality of York composed of:

(a) the Town of Whitchurch–Stouffville;

(b) the part of the Township of King south of Highway No. 9;

(c) the part of the Town of Richmond Hill lying north and east of a line drawn from the western town limit east along Gamble Road, south along Yonge Street and east along Elgin Mills Road East to the eastern town limit; and

(d) the part of the City of Markham lying north and east of a line drawn from the western town limit east along 16th Avenue, south along McCowan Road, east along Highway No. 7, and south along 9th Line to the southern town limit.

Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Election results

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 * align="right"|Swing
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2004 change is based on redistributed results. Conservative change is compared to a combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative votes.

Redistribution
Because Oak-Ridges Markham had a population 115.60% over the Ontario quota (Canada's most populous riding) it was substantially affected by the 2012 electoral district redistribution. The district was renamed King—Vaughan, which consists of the Township of King south of Highway 9, along with the part of the City of Vaughan north of Major Mackenzie Drive, west of Highway 400, and north of Rutherford Road east of Hwy 400.

The part that is the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville and in the City of Markham east of Ontario Highway 48 / Main Street Markham/ York Regional Road 68 was incorporated into the new Markham—Stouffville riding. The part in the town of Richmond Hill is part of the new Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill riding. Finally, the part in the city of Markham west of the above-mentioned roads is part of the new Markham—Unionville riding, which is different from the previous riding of the same name.


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Companies

 * Information International, Inc., a computer technology company
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Other uses

 * Institute for Information Industry, research institute in Taiwan
 * Insurance Information Institute, a US industry organization
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The Lounge Lizards

The Lounge Lizards were an eclectic musical group founded by saxophonist John Lurie and his brother, pianist Evan Lurie, in 1978. Initially known for their ironic, tongue-in-cheek take on jazz, The Lounge Lizards eventually became a showcase for John Lurie's sophisticated compositions straddling jazz and many other genres. They were active until about 1998 with the Lurie brothers as the only constant members, though many leading New York City based musicians were members of the group.

The group's name was borrowed from American slang. A lounge lizard is typically depicted as a well-dressed man who frequents the establishments in which the rich gather with the intention of seducing a wealthy woman with his flattery and deceptive charm.

History
At its founding, the band consisted of John Lurie and Evan Lurie, guitarist Arto Lindsay, bassist Steve Piccolo, and percussionist Anton Fier. Though partly inspired by jazz, John Lurie said he used guitarists in the band "to foil the music when it gets too jazzlike". They released a self-titled album on EG Records in 1981 and produced by Teo Macero. The album included two Thelonious Monk covers, but as one critic noted, "the two aforementioned Monk covers seem a strange choice when you actually hear the band, which has more in common with sonic experimentalists like Ornette Coleman or Sun Ra." John Lurie later said this version of the band broke up due in part to creative tensions exacerbated by conflicts with EG Records executives, and in part due to his growing belief "that what we were doing was maybe phony".

A transitional version of the band for about a year in 1982-83 featured the Lurie brothers, with bassist Tony Garnier, trombonist Peter Zummo and drummer Dougie Bowne, augmented by other musicians depending on availability (e.g., bassist Fred Hopkins substituted for Garnier during a short tour). This version of the Lounge Lizards did not record a studio album.

By the mid-1980s, a new line-up included bassist Erik Sanko, trombonist Curtis Fowlkes, guitarist Marc Ribot, saxophonist Roy Nathanson, and percussionists Bowne and E.J. Rodriguez. This group recorded various live and studio albums and showcased John Lurie's increasingly sophisticated and multi-layered compositions. John Lurie noted their music in this era was inspired by diverse sources such as "James Brown to Balinese music, from Varèse to Coltrane".

The band's 1987 music video Big Heart was featured on the adult animation The Brothers Grunt.

In 1998, the band released Queen of All Ears on John Lurie's Strange and Beautiful Music label and had added Steven Bernstein, Michael Blake, Oren Bloedow, David Tronzo, Calvin Weston, and Billy Martin. "The Lizards' music isn't jazz," said Fred Bouchard of JazzTimes, "but it is intelligent and rhythmically and harmonically interesting (it ain't rock either, in other words) and, despite the ultra-hip trappings, it has an almost innocent directness that can transcend stylistic prejudice."

The Lounge Lizards have been inactive since about 2000. John Lurie has been occupied with painting, while Evan has worked on The Backyardigans, a children's show that highlights multiple musical genres.

Personnel
John Lurie estimates about 80 musicians recorded or performed with the Lounge Lizards. Performers included:
 * John Lurie - alto/soprano saxophone
 * Evan Lurie - piano, organ
 * Arto Lindsay - guitar
 * Steve Piccolo - bass
 * Anton Fier - drums
 * Dana Vlcek - guitar
 * Danny Rosen - guitar
 * Peter Zummo - trombone
 * Tony Garnier - bass
 * Dougie Bowne - drums
 * Fred Hopkins - bass
 * Roy Nathanson - saxophone
 * Curtis Fowlkes - trombone
 * Marc Ribot - guitar, trumpet, Eb horn
 * Erik Sanko - bass
 * Tony Moreno - drums
 * E.J. Rodriguez - percussion
 * Brandon Ross - guitar
 * Al MacDowell - bass
 * Calvin Weston - drums
 * Michael Blake - saxophone
 * Steven Bernstein - trumpet
 * Billy Martin - percussion
 * Jane Scarpantoni - cello
 * Bryan Carrott - marimba, vibes
 * Michele Navazio - guitar
 * Oren Bloedow - bass
 * David Tronzo - guitar
 * Ben Perowsky - percussion
 * Tony Scherr - bass
 * Doug Wieselman - guitar, clarinet
 * Mauro Refosco - percussion
 * John Medeski - organ
 * Kenny Wollesen - drums
 * Jaime Scott - guitar
 * Danny Blume - guitar
 * Clark Gayton - trombone

title: The Lounge Lizards


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Sudbury (federal electoral district)

Sudbury is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1949. The district is one of two serving the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario.

Geography
Sudbury electoral district consists of the part of the City of Greater Sudbury bounded on the west and south by the Greater Sudbury city limits, and on the north and east by a line drawn from the western city limit of Greater Sudbury east along the northern limit of the former Town of Walden, north, east and south along the limits of the former City of Sudbury, west along Highway 69 and Regent Street, south along Long Lake Road, west along the northern boundary of the Township of Broder, southwest along Kelly Lake, and south along the eastern limit of the former Town of Walden to the southern city limit of Greater Sudbury.

History
Sudbury electoral district was created in 1947 from part of the Nipissing riding. It consisted initially of the city of Sudbury and a part of the territorial district of Sudbury.

In 1952, the boundaries were narrowed significantly to include only the city of Sudbury, the geographic township of McKim and the town of Copper Cliff. The rest of the original Sudbury riding was incorporated into the new riding of Nickel Belt.

In 1976, Sudbury's growth in population led the riding to shrink further. It now included only the northern half of the city; the city's southern half was incorporated into Nickel Belt.

In 1996, it was redefined as the part of the City of Sudbury north of a line drawn from east to west along Highway 69, south along Long Lake Road, and west along the north boundary of the geographic Township of Broder.

In 2003, the riding expanded geographically to include the former town of Walden, now part of the city of Greater Sudbury. The remainder of the city continues to be part of the Nickel Belt riding.

This riding was left unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 77.9% White, 12.3% Indigenous, 3.8% Black, 2.8% South Asian

Languages: 70.0% English, 16.6% French, 1.7% Italian

Religions: 60.0% Christian (41.1% Catholic, 3.9% United Church, 2.9% Anglican, 1.4% Lutheran, 1.2% Pentecostal, 1.1% Baptist, 8.4% Other), 1.4% Muslim, 1.2% Hindu, 35.3% None

Median income: $42,400 (2020)

Average income: $53,450 (2020)

Riding associations
Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:

Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results
Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

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USS Inaugural (AM-242)

USS Inaugural (AM-242) was an Admirable-class minesweeper fleet minesweeper. The Admirable class was the largest and one of the most successful classes of U.S. minesweepers ordered during World War II. Inaugural was launched on 1 October 1944 and commissioned less than three months later. After seeing combat in the Pacific Theater, she was decommissioned in 1946 and spent two decades in mothballs.

In 1968, she was set up as a museum ship in St. Louis, Missouri. In the Great Flood of 1993, Inaugural was ripped from her mooring, ran aground, and rolled on her side a mile downstream. As of December 2017, the hulk was still sitting on the Missouri side of the river. In the Fall 2021, a historic low level of the Mississippi River allowed the hulk to become visible.

Operations
Inaugural was built and launched by the Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Company of Winslow, Washington. She was commissioned on 30 December 1944.

Following shakedown off the California coast, Inaugural sailed on 14 March 1945 for Pearl Harbor, where she arrived eight days later. For the next two months, the minesweeper performed patrol and escort duties between Hawaii and the islands of the western Pacific. She was at Saipan on 22 May and departed that day with a convoy bound for Okinawa, site of the last and largest amphibious operation of the Pacific war. After a voyage enlivened by several attacks on suspected submarines, the convoy reached Okinawa on 30 May.

During the desperate struggle for Okinawa, Inaugural patrolled the seas around the island group, often firing at Japanese aircraft as they made suicidal efforts to destroy the ships supporting the invasion force. Except for 19–24 July, when the ship put to sea to ride out the great typhoon, Inaugural remained in the dangerous waters around Okinawa until 30 August 1945.

With the war over, she steamed to the waters around Japan and Korea for minesweeping operations that were a necessary prelude to occupation. She swept the approaches to Jinsen, Korea, in September, and later cleared mines in waters off Nagasaki and Sasebo, Japan. Inaugural proceeded to Okinawa where she received needed equipment from 14 to 24 October, and then returned to minesweeping around the Japanese home islands.

The minesweeper sailed on 24 December for the United States, via Saipan and Pearl Harbor, and arrived at San Pedro, California, on 7 February 1946. Sailing again on 11 March, she proceeded to Galveston, Texas, and decommissioned there on 9 September 1946. She was reclassified MSF-242 on 7 February 1955. Inaugural entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, where she remained until struck from the Navy List on 1 March 1967 and sold.

Overall, Inaugural cleared 82 mines and was awarded two battle stars for service during World War II.

Museum ship
In 1968, Inaugural was towed to St. Louis and established as a floating museum. The vessel was designated as a National Historic Landmark on 14 January 1986, as one of two surviving Admirable-class minesweepers used in the Pacific during World War II.

On 1 August 1993, during flooding of the Mississippi River, Inaugural broke loose from her moorings at the Gateway Arch. The ship suffered a breach in her hull, took on water, and rolled on her port side. She sank on the Missouri side of the river, half a mile south of the Poplar Street Bridge. She has since remained in that position, partially submerged. Plans to salvage the wreck in one piece and restore it were deemed unfeasible. The ship was determined a total loss. Inaugural's Landmark designation was withdrawn on 7 August 2001, because she had ceased to meet the criteria. In January 2013, the river dropped so low that one may walk up to the ship. Scrapping work was set to begin in January, but river levels rose again. She is still in the same location with a few pieces of metal missing from the start of scrapping. As of October 2021, she is still sitting where she came to rest and can be seen when the river is at or below average level.

title: USS Inaugural (AM-242)