Rubeshibe, Hokkaido

Rubeshibe
留辺蘂町
Onneyu onsen
Location of Rubeshibe in Hokkaido (Okhotsk Subprefecture)
Rubeshibe
Location in Japan
Coordinates: 43°47′N 143°36′E / 43.783°N 143.600°E / 43.783; 143.600
CountryJapan
RegionHokkaido
PrefectureHokkaido (Okhotsk Subprefecture)
Now part of KitamiMarch 5, 2006
Area
  Total
564.49 km2 (217.95 sq mi)
Population
 (December 31, 2005)
  Total
8,704
  Density15.41/km2 (39.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address61, Aza-Uemachi, Rubeshibe-cho, Tokoro District, Hokkaido
091-8666
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20060212055217/http://www.town.rubeshibe.hokkaido.jp/cgi-bin/odb-get.exe?wit_template=AM02000
Symbols
FlowerRhododendron dauricum
TreePicea glehnii

Rubeshibe (留辺蘂町, Rubeshibe-chō) was a town located in Tokoro District, Abashiri Subprefecture (now Okhotsk Subprefecture), Hokkaido, Japan.

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

In December 2005, the town had an estimated population of 8,704 and a density of 15.41 persons per km2. The total area was 564.69 km2.