is a

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, Japan. , the village had an estimated

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of 2924 in 1091 households, and a

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of 22 persons per km². The total area of the village is .

Geography

Minamimaki is located in mountainous eastern Nagano Prefecture at an average altitude of between 1000 and 1500 meters, bordered by Yamanashi Prefecture to the south. The Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group is partly located within this village.

Surrounding municipalities

* Nagano Prefecture ** Chino ** Koumi ** Kawakami ** Kitaaiki * Yamanashi Prefecture ** Hokuto

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 freezing ...

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, notabl ...

''Dfb''). The average annual temperature in Minamimaki is . The average annual rainfall is with July 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 Minamimaki was part of ancient Shinano Province. The modern village of Minamimaki was created with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,Minamimaki population statistics
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Politics and Government

Elections

2007 Minamimaki mayoral election The Japanese village Minamimaki, Nagano held a mayoral election on November 11, 2007. Yukihiko Kikuchi beat the incumbent mayor Yoshito Nakajima. Candidates * Yoshito Nakajima, incumbent mayor of Minamimaki. * Yukihiko Kikuchi, farmer and ...

Transportation

Railway

East Japan Railway Company -

Koumi Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It links Kobuchizawa Station in Hokuto, Yamanashi with Komoro Station in Komoro, Nagano, and extends 78.9 km (49.0 mi) through the mountains with a total of 31 ...

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Highway

Local attractions

* Nobeyama radio observatory * Yadegawa ruins, a Japanese Paleolithic period trace and National Historic Site

References

External links

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