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located in

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. , the village had an estimated

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of 5,258 in 1717 households, and a

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of 23 persons per km². The total area of the village was .

Geography

Ten-ei is located in south-central

Fukushima prefecture Fukushima Prefecture (; ja, 福島県, Fukushima-ken, ) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,810,286 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miya ...

. The village spans the Pacific side of the Abukuma River watershed and the

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side of the

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watershed across the

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Hatori Dam is a dam in Ten'ei, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Hatori Dam is managed directly by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and is intended to provide irrigation for the Shirakawa area of the Abukuma River Basin. The dam is an eart ...

is located in the village, which supplies agricultural water to the Shirakawa area of the Abukuma River basin and golf courses, campgrounds, skiing around the reservoir. There are many of traditional

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in the village. * Mountains: Futamatayama (1544 m) * Rivers: Shakado River, Tsurunuma River

Neighboring municipalities

Kōriyama is a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 322,996 people in 141760 households, and a population density of 430 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Kōriyama is designated as a core city and ...

Sukagawa 270px, Sukagawa City Hall is a city located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 76,251 in 38824 households, and a population density of 270 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Geography Sukagaw ...

Aizuwakamatsu is a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 118,159 in 50,365 households, and a population density of 310 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Geography Aizuwakamatsu is located in the west ...

** Shimogō ** Kagamiishi ** Yabuki ** Shirakawa ** Nishigō

Climate

Ten-ei has a humid climate (

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''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Ten-ei 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 .

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,Ten-ei population statistics
/ref> the population of Ten-ei has declined over the past 70 years.

History

The area of present-day Ten-ei was part of ancient

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and formed part of the holdings of

Shirakawa Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in southern Mutsu Province. It was centered on Komine Castle in what is now the city of Shirakawa, Fukushima. Its most famous ruler was Matsudaira Sadanobu, the archite ...

during the

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. After the

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, it was organized as part of Iwase District in the

Nakadōri is a region comprising the middle third of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is sandwiched between the regions of Aizu to the west and Hamadōri to the east. The principal cities of the area are Kōriyama and the prefecture's capital, Fukushima ...

region of

Iwashiro Province is an old province in the area of Fukushima Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Iwashiro''" in . It was sometimes called . The province occupies the western half of the central part of Fukushima Prefecture; the eastern half is I ...

. The villages of Makimoto, Yumoto, Oya and Hiroto were established on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. The village of Ten-ei was formed on March 31, 1955 with the merger of the villages of Makimoto, Yumoto, and a portion of Hiroto with the village of Osato. Many of the houses in the village suffered severe damage from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.

Economy

The economy of Ten’ei is primarily agricultural, with

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a noteworthy crop.

Education

Ten-ei has four public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school. * Ten-ei Middle School * Yumoto Middle School

Transportation

Railway

* Ten-ei does not have any passenger railway service.

Highway

Local attractions

* Futamata Hot Spring * Yumoto Hot Spring * Ten’ei Hot Spring * Hatoriko Hot Spring and ski resort

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Villages in Fukushima Prefecture