Iwate, Iwate
Iwate
Nham thủ đinh | |
|---|---|
 Iwate Town Hall | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location of Iwate in Iwate Prefecture | |
  Iwate | |
| Coordinates:39°58′22″N141°12′43.8″E/ 39.97278°N 141.212167°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Tōhoku |
| Prefecture | Iwate |
| District | Iwate |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kōji Sasaki |
| Area | |
| • Total | 360.46 km2(139.17 sq mi) |
| Population (February 29, 2020) | |
| • Total | 13,111 |
| • Density | 36/km2(94/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9(Japan Standard Time) |
| City symbols | |
| • Tree | Pine |
| • Flower | Rindo |
| • Bird | Green pheasant |
| Phone number | 0195-62-2111 |
| Address | Itsukaichi dai-10 jiwari 44, Iwate-machi, Iwate-gun, Iwate-ken 028-4395 |
| Website | Official website |
Iwate(Nham thủ đinh,Iwate-machi)is atownlocated inIwate Prefecture,Japan.As of 29 February 2020[update],the town had an estimatedpopulationof 13,111, and apopulation densityof 36 persons per km2in 5455 households. The total area of the town is 360.46 square kilometres (139.17 sq mi).[1]
Geography
[edit]Iwate is located in an inland region in northwest Iwate Prefecture.
Neighboring municipalities
[edit]Iwate Prefecture
Climate
[edit]Iwate Town has a humidcontinental climate(Köppen climate classificationDfa) characterized by mild summers and cold winters. The average annual temperature in Iwate is 8.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1384 mm with September as the wettest month, and February as the driest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around -4.1 °C.[2]
Demographics
[edit]Per Japanese census data,[3]the population of Iwate has steadily declined over the past 60 years.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 12,922 | — |
| 1930 | 14,592 | +12.9% |
| 1940 | 16,134 | +10.6% |
| 1950 | 20,744 | +28.6% |
| 1960 | 23,230 | +12.0% |
| 1970 | 21,725 | −6.5% |
| 1980 | 20,350 | −6.3% |
| 1990 | 19,141 | −5.9% |
| 2000 | 17,372 | −9.2% |
| 2010 | 14,988 | −13.7% |
| 2020 | 12,285 | −18.0% |
History
[edit]The area of present-day Iwate was part of ancientMutsu Province.It was under the control of theNambu clanduring theEdo period,who ruledMorioka Domainunder theTokugawa shogunate.
Numakunai, Kawaguchi, Ikkatai and Midō villages were created within Kita-Iwate District on April 1, 1889, with the establishment of the modern municipality system. Kita-Iwate and Minami-Iwate Districts merged to formIwate Districton March 29, 1896. The four villages merged to form Iwate Town on July 21, 1955.[4]
Government
[edit]Iwate has amayor-councilform of government with a directly elected mayor and aunicameraltown council of 14 members. Iwate, together with the city of Hachimantai and the town of Kuzumaki, contributes two seats to the Iwate Prefectural legislature. In terms of national politics, the town is part ofIwate 2nd districtof thelower houseof theDiet of Japan.
Economy
[edit]The local economy is based on agriculture. Iwate is famous for itsblueberryproduction.
Education
[edit]Iwate has five public elementary schools and three public middle schools operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Iwate Prefectural Board of Education.
Transportation
[edit]Railway
[edit]
East Japan Railway Company(JR East) -Tōhoku Shinkansen
Highway
[edit]
National Route 4– Ishigami-no-oka roadside station
National Route 281
Local attractions
[edit]- Ishigami-no-Oka Art Museum
Notable people from Iwate
[edit]- Seishirō Itagaki,Imperial Japanese Army general
References
[edit]- ^Iwate Town official statistics
- ^Iwate climate data
- ^Iwate population statistics
- ^Đinh の lịch sử(in Japanese). 15 May 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 25 December 2016.Retrieved29 November2018.
External links
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Media related toIwate, Iwateat Wikimedia Commons- Official Website(in Japanese)
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