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located in

Shizuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northea ...

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. , the city had an estimated

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of 88,395 in 34,842 households, and a

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of 820 persons per km². The total area of the city was . Fukuroi is a member of the

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’s

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(AFHC).

Geography

Fukuroi is on the coastal plain in southwestern Shizuoka Prefecture. It has a small coastline on the

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to the south.

Surrounding municipalities

Shizuoka Prefecture * Kakegawa * Iwata *

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Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Fukuroi has been steadily increasing over the past 50 years.

Climate

The area has a mild maritime climate with hot, humid summers, and short, cool winters. (

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''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Fukuroi is 16.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2084 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.2 °C, and lowest in January, at around 6.1 °C.

History

During the

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, Fukuroi was part of the domain within

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governed by

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from

Kakegawa Castle is a ''hirayama''-style Japanese castle. It was the seat of various ''fudai daimyō'' clans who ruled over Kakegawa Domain, Tōtōmi Province, in what is now central Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Background Kakegawa Castle is located ...

. During the

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, the area was ''

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'' territory under direct control of the

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. The settlement prospered as Fukuroi-juku on the Tōkaidō highway connecting

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with

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. After the

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, in with the 1889 establishment of the modern municipalities system, Fukuroi-juku became the town of Yamana within Yamana District, Shizuoka Prefecture. Yamana District was merged into Iwata District in 1896, and the town's name was changed back to Fukuroi in 1909. Fukuroi merged with the neighboring village of Kasai in 1928. It continued to grow in the 1950s, annexing neighboring villages of Kudonishi (from Shuchi District) in 1948, Kudo in 1952, Imai in 1954, Mikawa in 1955, Tahara in 1956, as well as the village of Kasahara from Ogasa District, also in 1956. On November 3, 1958, Fukuroi was elevated to city status. It further expanded through annexation of the town of Yamanashi from Shuchi District in 1963. During the

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, as location of (

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), Fukuroi played host of some of the events. On April 1, 2005, the town of

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(from Iwata District) was merged into Fukuroi.

Government

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

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city legislature of 20 members.

Economy

Fukuroi has a mixed economy of agriculture and light industry. The principal crops are

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and

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. Industry includes food processing, cosmetics, pharmaceutical plants, as well as electronics and automotive components.

Education

Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology , or SIST, is a private university in Fukuroi, Shizuoka, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1940 as a driving school. It was chartered as a university in 1991, specializing in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and ...

*Fukuroi has twelve public elementary schools and four public middle schools operated by the city government and two public high schools operated by the Shizuoka Prefectural Board of Education. In addition, the prefecture also operates a special education school. The city formerly hosted a Brazilian primary school, Escola CONHECER, which is now closedEscolas Brasileiras Homologadas no Japão

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Transportation

Railway

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* -

Highways

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* *

Sister city relations

* Narakawa, Kiso District, Nagano (now the city of Shiojiri)—Signed on October 28, 2001 * Hillsboro,

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—Signed on November 3, 1988

Notable people from Fukuroi

* Junya Kuno, professional soccer player * Hakuo Yanagisawa, politician

References

External links

* {{Authority control Cities in Shizuoka Prefecture Populated coastal places in Japan