Shimogō town hall is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated

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of 5,517 in 2216 households and a

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of 17 persons per km². The total area of the town was .

Geography

Shimogō is located in the mountainous southern portion of the Aizu region of Fukushima Prefecture, bordered

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to the south. *Mountains : Onodake, Nasudake, Futamatayama *Rivers : Okawa *Lakes: Okawa Dam,

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Neighboring municipalities

*Fukushima Prefecture **

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Climate

Shimogō 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 ...

(Köppen ''Dfb'') characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Shimogō is 10.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1365 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around -2.2 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,Shimogō population statistics
/ref> the population of Shimogō peaked in the 1950s and has declined steadily over the past 60 years. It now raises less tax than it did a century ago.

History

The area of present-day Shimogō was part of ancient Mutsu Province and formed part of the holdings of Aizu Domain during the

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characte ...

. After the

Meiji Restoration The , referred to at the time as the , and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Although there were ...

, it was organized as part of Minamiaizu District in Fukushima Prefecture. The village of Naraha was created with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1,1 889. It was raised to town status on November 20, 1946. Shimogō was established on April 1, 1955 by the merger of the town of Narahara with the neighboring villages of Ashida and Egawa.

Economy

The economy of Shimogō is based on agriculture and seasonal tourism.

Education

Shimogō has three public elementary schools and one public junior high school operated by the town government. The town does not have a public high school. *Shimogō City Shimogō Middle School *Shimogō City Narahara Elementary School *Shimogō City Asahida Elementary School *Shimogō City Egawa Elementary School

Transportation

Railway

Aizu Railway – Aizu Line * - - - - - -

Highway

* * * *

Local attractions

* Tō-no-Hetsuri rock formations, a National Natural Monument * Ōuchi-juku, an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings * Shimotsuke Kaidō, a National Historic Site *Yunokami Onsen

References

External links

Official Website
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