page_title: Otoineppu, Hokkaido
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Otoineppu, Hokkaido / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Otoineppu post office, Otoineppu, Hokkaido, Japan 日本語: 音威子府郵便局（北海道音威子府村）
context_page_description: Otoineppu is a village located in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 2013, the village had an estimated population of 831 among 504 households. The total area of Otoineppu is 275.64 square kilometres. Otoineppu designates itself as the "smallest village in Hokkaido".
context_section_description: Otoineppu is a landlocked village at the north of Hokkaido. The village sits at the northern tip of the Nayoro Basin, and is flanked by the Kitami Mountains to the east and the Teshio Mountains to the west. The town covers 275.64 square kilometres (106.43 sq mi),  measures 22.2 kilometres (13.8 mi) from east to west and 18.6 kilometres (11.6 mi) from north to south. The village sits at an elevation of  40 metres (130 ft). 80% of the village is covered by forest.
  The Teshio River (256 kilometres (159 mi)), the fourth longest river in Japan, flows north through Otoineppu before turning sharply west near the village center. The JR Hokkaido Sōya Main Line and Japan National Route 40 runs along the Teshio River through Otoineppu.
caption: Otoineppu Post Office
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