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located in

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. , the village had an estimated

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of 2,912 and a

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of 40,8 persons per km². The total area of the village is .

Geography

Kiyokawa is located in the foothills of northwestern Kanagawa Prefecture. Much of the village is in the Tanzawa Mountains. The village area is shaped like an upward triangle, and is roughly divided into the Miyagase district (former Miyagase village) in the north and the Susugaya district (former Susugaya village) in the south. The main population center and village hall are in the Susugaya area. The Miyagase Dam, which boasts one of the largest water storage capacity in the

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, is in the Miyagase area, and as a result of the creation of the reservoir, most of the inhabitants of the Miyagase area were forced to relocated to neighboring Atsugi.

Surrounding municipalities

Kanagawa Prefecture * Aikawa *

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* Hadano * Sagamihara * Yamakita

Climate

Kiyokawa has a

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(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kiyokawa is 12.1 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1906 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.3 °C, and lowest in January, at around 0.9 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Kiyokawa has remained relatively constant over the past century.

History

Kiyokawa Village was established on September 30, 1956, through the merger of former Susugaya and Miyagase villages. The completion of the Miyagase Dam in 1965 submerged much of former Miyagase Village, forcing the relocation of its inhabitants to other locations within Kiyokawa Village and neighboring Aikawa Town.

Government

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

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village council of 10 members. Kiyokawa, together with neighboring Aikawa, contributes one member to the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the village is part of Kanagawa 16th district of the

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of the

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Economy

Kiyokawa has a rural economy centered on livestock, farming and forestry.

Education

Kiyokawa has two public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.

Transportation

Kiyokawa has no connections with the Japanese national highway or railway systems. Access is by Kanagawa Prefectural Routes 60, 64, 70 or 514.