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located in

Gunma Prefecture is a landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of . Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fuk ...

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. , the town had an estimated

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of 11,221 in 4502 households, and a

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of 520 persons per km². The total area of the town is .

Geography

Chiyoda is located in the extreme southern corner Gunma prefecture, bordered by

Saitama Prefecture is a Landlocked country, landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (January 1, 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 Square kilometre, km2 ( ...

to the south.

Surrounding municipalities

* Meiwa * Oizumi * Ōra * Tatebayashi

* Gyōda * Hanyū * Kumagaya

Climate

Chiyoda has a

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(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by hot summers and cold winters. The average annual temperature in Chiyoda is 14.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1273 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.4 °C.

Demographics

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History

The villages of Tominaga, Eiraku, and Nagae were created within Ōra District, Gunma Prefecture on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system after the

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. The three villages merged on March 31, 1955 to form the village of Chiyoda. However, the former village of Nagae separated out on September 30, 1956 and became part of Nakashima (today

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). Chiyoda was raised to town status on April 1, 1982.

Government

Chiyoda has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a

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town council of 12 members. Chiyoda, 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 of Gunma 3rd district of the

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of the

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Economy

Agriculture remains a mainstay of the local economy; however, Chiyoda has two

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s centered on a beer plant operated by

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and a chemical plant operated by Marufuku Chemifa.

Education

Chiyoda has two public elementary schools and one public middle schools operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.