Ōizumi, Gunma
Ōizumi
Đại tuyền đinh | |
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Coordinates:36°14′52.2″N139°24′17.7″E/ 36.247833°N 139.404917°E | |
Country | Japan |
Region | Kantō |
Prefecture | Gunma |
District | Ōra |
Government | |
• Mayor | Toshiaki Murayama |
Area | |
• Total | 18.03 km2(6.96 sq mi) |
Population (August 2020) | |
• Total | 41,918 |
• Density | 2,300/km2(6,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+9(Japan Standard Time) |
– Tree | Zelkova serrata |
– Flower | Tulip,Salvia splendens |
Phone number | 0276-63-3111 |
Address | 55-1 Hinode, Ōizumi-machi, Gunma-ken 370-0595 |
Website | Official website |
Ōizumi(Đại tuyền đinh,Ōizumi-machi)is atownlocated inGunma Prefecture,Japan.As of 31 August 2020[update],the town had an estimatedpopulationof 41,918 in 19,773 households,[1]and apopulation densityof 2300 persons per km2.The total area of the town is 18.03 km2(6.96 sq mi). Approximately 20 percent of the total population are foreign citizens, mostlyJapanese Brazilians,who work at many factories in the town. Since 1990, Japanese descendants from foreign countries have been permitted to stay in Japan freely. It is estimated that 15 percent of the population speakPortugueseas their native language,[2]and as of 2007, Ōizumi has the highest concentration of Brazilians of any city in Japan.[3]More recently,Nepaleseand other Asians have begun settling in the town.[4]
Geography
[edit]Ōizumi is located in the extreme southern corner Gunma prefecture, bordered bySaitama Prefectureto the south. TheTone Riverflows through the southern part of the town.
Surrounding municipalities
[edit]Climate
[edit]Ōizumi has aHumid continental climate(KöppenCfa) characterized by hot summers and cold winters. The average annual temperature in Ōizumi is 14.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1263 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.3 °C.[5]
Demographics
[edit]Per Japanese census data,[6]the population of Ōizumi has grown significantly over the past 100 years.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1920 | 8,626 | — |
1930 | 8,902 | +3.2% |
1940 | 12,059 | +35.5% |
1950 | 18,397 | +52.6% |
1960 | 19,128 | +4.0% |
1970 | 25,149 | +31.5% |
1980 | 31,283 | +24.4% |
1990 | 39,232 | +25.4% |
2000 | 41,403 | +5.5% |
2010 | 40,254 | −2.8% |
2020 | 42,089 | +4.6% |
History
[edit]The villages of Ōkawa and Koizumi were created withinŌra District, GunmaPrefecture on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system after theMeiji Restoration.Koizumi was elevated to town status on July 25, 1902. On March 31, 1957 Koizumi merged with the village of Ōkawa and was renamed Ōizumi. Plans to merge with neighboring Chiyoda in 2004 and with Ōta in 2008 were rejected by the local town assembly.
Government
[edit]Ōizumi has amayor-councilform of government with a directly elected mayor and aunicameraltown council of 14 members. Ōizumi, together with the other municipalities in Ōra District contributes three members to the Gunma Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part ofGunma 3rd districtof thelower houseof theDiet of Japan.
Economy
[edit]Ōizumi has an industrial base, with manufacturing facilities including plants fromAjinomoto,Sanyo,Toppan,Maruha NichiroandFuji Heavy Industries(which was previously the plant of theNakajima Aircraft Company), located in the town.
Education
[edit]Ōizumi has four public elementary schools and three public junior high schools operated by the town government, and two public high schools operated by the Gunma prefecture Board of Education.
Prefectural high schools:
Municipal junior high schools:[7]
- Kita (North) Junior High School (Đại tuyền đinh lập bắc trung học giáo)
- Minami (South) Junior High School (Đại tuyền đinh lập nam trung học giáo)
- Nishi (West) Junior High School (Đại tuyền đinh lập tây trung học giáo)
Municipal elementary schools:[7]
- Higashi (East) Elementary School (Đại tuyền đinh lập đông tiểu học giáo)
- Kita (North) Elementary School (Đại tuyền đinh lập bắc tiểu học giáo)
- Minami (South) Elementary School (Đại tuyền đinh lập nam tiểu học giáo)
- Nishi (West) Elementary School (Đại tuyền đinh lập tây tiểu học giáo)
International schools:
- Instituto Educacional Centro Nippo-Brasileiro–Brazilian school[8]
- Instituto Educacional Gente Miúda– Brazilian school[8]
The city formerly housed theEscola da Professora Rebeca,another Brazilian international school.[9]
Transportation
[edit]Railway
[edit]Tōbu Railway–Tōbu Koizumi Line
Highway
[edit]Sister city relations
[edit]- –Guaratinguetá,São Paulo,Brazil
Local attractions
[edit]- Koizumi Castle ruins ( tiểu tuyền thành tích )
- Ryusenji temple ( long tuyền chùa )
- Koizumi shrine ( tiểu tuyền thần xã )
- Ainohara remains ( gian chi nguyên di tích ) ofJōmon period(3500 BC-3000 BC)
References
[edit]- ^"Ōizumi Town official statistics"(in Japanese). Japan.
- ^"Home".LesteMais.
- ^Sugino, Toshiko, Ed. D. (Temple University). "Nikkei Brazilians at a Brazilian school in Japan: Factors affecting language decisions and education"(PhD thesis).Temple University,2007. Publication Number 3293262.See profile atGoogle Books.cited: p. 56.
- ^"One in ten Tokyoites in their 20s are now foreigners".Nikkei Asia.
- ^"Oizumi climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Oizumi weather averages - Climate-Data.org".en.climate-data.org.
- ^"Ōizumi population statistics".
- ^ab"Home".Oizumi Town Board of Education.Retrieved2023-04-07.
- ^ab"Escolas Brasileiras Homologadas no Japão"(Archive). Embassy of Brazil in Tokyo. Retrieved on October 13, 2015.
- ^"Escolas Brasileiras Homologadas no Japão"(Archive). Embassy of Brazil in Tokyo. February 7, 2008. Retrieved on October 13, 2015.
External links
[edit]Media related toŌizumi, Gunmaat Wikimedia Commons
- Official Website(in Japanese)