is a village located in Yamanashi Prefecture,

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. , the village had an estimated population of 529, and a population density of 5.79 persons per km². The total area of the village is .

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of Yamanashi Prefecture, the village is very mountainous. An estimated 97% of the village is covered by forests. The village is located within the borders of

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. * Mountains: Mount Kumotori, Mount Daibosatsu, Mount Hiryū, Mount Nanatsuishi, Iwadake * Rivers: Taba River, Kaizawa River, Atoyama River * Lakes: Lake Okutama

Surrounding municipalities

* Yamanashi Prefecture **

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** Kosuge * Tokyo **

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Climate

The village has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters ( Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Tabayama is 10.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1408 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around -1.1 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,Tabayama population statistics
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History

During the Edo period, all of Kai Province was '' tenryō'' territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. During the cadastral reform of the early Meiji period on July 1, 1889, the village of Tabayama was created within Kitatsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture. Most of the land in the village has been protected

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, providing water for the Tokyo Metropolis since 1901, under the control of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Waterworks. Discussions have taken place to merge Tabayama with neighboring Kōshū, but were suspended in 2008.

Economy

The economy of Tabayama is primarily based on forestry and agriculture.

Education

Tabayama 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 rail service. The nearest train station is

Oku-Tama Station is a passenger railway station in the town of Okutama, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is the western-most station in the Tokyo Metropolis. Lines Oku-Tama Station is the western terminal station, terminus o ...

in Okutama, Tokyo.

Highway

Notes

External links

Official Website
{{Authority control Villages in Yamanashi Prefecture Tabayama, Yamanashi