Tabuse
Tabuse
Điền bố thi đinh | |
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 Tabuse town hall | |
 Flag  Emblem | |
 Location of Tabuse in Yamaguchi Prefecture | |
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  Tabuse Location in Japan | |
| Coordinates:33°57′17″N132°2′29″E/ 33.95472°N 132.04139°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Chūgoku San'yō |
| Prefecture | Yamaguchi |
| District | Kumage |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Higashi Kouji |
| Area | |
| • Total | 50.42 km2(19.47 sq mi) |
| Population (May 31, 2023) | |
| • Total | 14,411 |
| • Density | 290/km2(740/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00(JST) |
| City hall address | 3440-1 Shimodabuse, Tabuse-cho, Kumage-gun, Yamaguchi-ken 742-1592 |
| Website | Official website |
| Symbols | |
| Flower | Rhododendron farrerae |
| Tree | Kurogane holly (Ilex rotunda) |
Tabuse(Điền bố thi đinh,Tabuse-chō)is atownlocated inKumage District,Yamaguchi Prefecture,Japan.As of 31 May 2023[update],the town had an estimatedpopulationof 14,411 in 6947 households and apopulation densityof 290 persons per km2.[1]The total area of the town is 50.42 square kilometres (19.47 sq mi).
Geography
[edit]Tabuse spreads inland from theSeto Inland Seacoast at the base of the Murotsu Peninsula in southeastern Yamaguchi Prefecture. In addition, the town includes the small inhabited island of Umashima in Seto Inland Sea. The northwest is mountainous, and small rivers that originate in this area join to form the Tabuse River, which flows through the center of town. The Kogyoji neighborhood of Tabuse is an exclave surrounded by Hikari and Yanai cities.
Neighbouring municipalities
[edit]Yamaguchi Prefecture
Climate
[edit]Tabuse has ahumid subtropical climate(Köppen climate classificationCfa) with very warm summers and cool winters. The average annual temperature in Tabuse is 15.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1678 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 26.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 5.5 °C.[2]
Demographics
[edit]Per Japanese census data, the population of Tabuse has been steady for the past 70 years.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 12,993 | — |
| 1950 | 17,191 | +32.3% |
| 1960 | 15,609 | −9.2% |
| 1970 | 14,547 | −6.8% |
| 1980 | 16,636 | +14.4% |
| 1990 | 16,568 | −0.4% |
| 2000 | 16,217 | −2.1% |
| 2010 | 15,984 | −1.4% |
| Tabuse population statistics[3] | ||
History
[edit]The area of Tabuse was part of an ancientSuō Province.During theEdo Period,the area was part of the holdings ofChōshū Domain.Following theMeiji restoration,the village of Tabuse withinKumage District, Yamaguchiwas established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Tabuse as elevated to town status on February 11, 1921. On January 1, 1955 Tabuse annexed the villages of Ogō, Marifu and Jōnan.
In 2018, a civil servant reported property tax misconduct by the mayor of Tabuse and the head of the tax collection management agency.[4]
Government
[edit]Tabuse has amayor-councilform of government with a directly elected mayor and aunicameraltown council of 12 members. Tabuse, together with the towns ofKaminosekiandHiraocontributes one member to the Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of theYamaguchi 2nd districtof thelower houseof theDiet of Japan.
Economy
[edit]Tabuse has a rural economy based on agriculture and commercial fishing. There is one smallindustrial park.
Education
[edit]Tabuse has four public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Yamaguchi Prefectural Board of Education.
Transportation
[edit]Railway
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JR West(JR West) -San'yō Main Line
Highways
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Notable people from Tabuse
[edit]- Nobusuke Kishi,Prime Minister of Japanfrom 1957 to 1960[5]
- Kitamura Sayo,founder ofTenshō Kōtai Jingūkyō[6]
- Eisaku Satō,Prime Minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972 and younger brother of Kishi[7]
References
[edit]- ^"Tabuse town official statistics"(in Japanese). Japan.
- ^Tabuse climate data
- ^Tabuse population statistics
- ^"Tax collection whistle-blower harassed by bosses for efforts | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis".The Asahi Shimbun.Retrieved2022-10-22.
- ^The prime ministers of postwar Japan, 1945-1995: their lives and times.Akio Watanabe, Robert D. Eldridge, độ biên chiêu phu. Lanham, Maryland. 2016. pp. 98–99.ISBN978-1-4985-1002-8.OCLC936234469.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^Kaminogō, Toshiaki; thượng chi hương lợi chiêu (1994).Kyōso tanjō.Tōkyō: Kōdansha. pp. 300–321.ISBN4-06-185739-8.OCLC32867704.
- ^Yamada, Eizō.; sơn điền vinh tam. (1988).Seiden Satō Eisaku.Tōkyō: Shinchōsha. p. 23.ISBN4-10-370701-1.OCLC20260847.
External links
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Media related toTabuse, Yamaguchiat Wikimedia Commons- Tabuse official website(in Japanese)
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