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village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
located in
Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...
,
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. , the village had an estimated
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of 7,661 in 2445 households, and a
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of 174 persons per km². The total area of the village is .


Geography

Hara is located in eastern Nagano Prefecture. The village is located in a mountainous area, and includes Mount Yatsugatake partly within its borders.


Surrounding municipalities

*Nagano Prefecture ** Chino ** Fujimi


Climate

The village has a
humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...
characterized by warm and humid summers, and cold winters with heavy snowfall (
Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ...
''Dfa''). The average annual temperature in Hara is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around .


History

The area of present-day Hara was part of ancient
Shinano Province or is an old province of Japan that is now Nagano Prefecture. Shinano bordered on Echigo, Etchū, Hida, Kai, Kōzuke, Mikawa, Mino, Musashi, Suruga, and Tōtōmi Provinces. The ancient capital was located near modern-day Matsumoto, w ...
. The present village of Hara was established on April 1, 1889 by the establishment of the modern municipalities system.


Demographics

Per Japanese census data,Hara population statistics
/ref> the population of Hara has grown slightly over the past 50 years.


Economy

The economy of Hara is based on agriculture.


Education

Hara has one public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.


Transportation


Railway

*The village has no passenger railway service.


Highway

* Chūō Expressway


International relations

* –
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, New Zealand, sister city since May 2, 1974


Local attraction

*
Akyū ruins The is an archaeological site containing the ruins of a large-scale Jōmon period settlement located in the Kawagishi neighborhood of the village of Hara, Suwa District, Nagano in the Chūbu region of Japan. It contains the largest stone circle ...
, a National Historic Site *Yatsugatake Museum of Art


Notable people from Hara

* Risa Itō, manga artist


References


External links

*
Official Website
Villages in Nagano Prefecture {{Nagano-geo-stub