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located in Kishima District,

Saga Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of roughly 780,000 and has a geographic area of . Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasaki Prefect ...

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. , the town had an estimated

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of 5,960 in 2646 households, and a

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of 520 persons per km². The total area of the town is .

Geography

Ōmachi is located about 20 kilometers inland west of Saga City. Its total area is the smallest in Saga Prefecture. *Mountains: The northern part of town gradually becomes mountainous. *Rivers:

Rokkaku River } The is a river on the island of Kyushu, flowing through the Saga Prefecture. The river rises on the slopes of Mount Jinroku (神六山, 447 m), located in the Takeo city. In the mountains it joins Takeo River, then flows through the Shiroishi ...

*Lakes: The northern, mountainous part of town is dotted with ponds.

Adjoining municipalities

* Kōhoku * Shiroishi * Takeo * Taku

Climate

Ōmachi has a

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(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ōmachi is 16.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1864 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around 6.2 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Ōmachi is as shown below. Saga Prefecture population by municipality
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History

The area of Ōmachi is part of ancient

Hizen Province was an old provinces of Japan, old province of Japan in the area of the Saga Prefecture, Saga and Nagasaki Prefecture, Nagasaki prefectures. It was sometimes called , with Higo Province. Hizen bordered on the provinces of Chikuzen Province, Ch ...

. During the

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it was part of the holdings of

Saga Domain was a Japanese domain of the Edo period Tokugawa Shogunate. It encompassed most of what are now Saga and Nagasaki Prefectures and was ruled from Saga Castle in what is now the urban center of the city of Saga. It was ruled through its histo ...

until the

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. The village of Ōmachi was established on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. Ōmachi was elevated to town status on January 1, 1936.

Government

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

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town council of eight members. Ōmachi, together with the other municipalities in Kishima District contributes two members to the Saga Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of the

Saga 2nd district Saga 2nd district (佐賀県第2区, ''Saga-ken dai-niku'' or simply 佐賀2区, ''Saga-niku'') is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Saga Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan ...

of the

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of the

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Economy

The main industries are agriculture (rice, wheat, cucumbers, strawberries, etc.) and livestock (chicken farming). The town once prospered as a coal-producing area due to the Kishima coal mine, but it closed in the 1960s due to changes in the energy situation.

Education

Ōmachi has one public combined elementary/junior high school operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Saga Prefectural Board of Education.

Transportation

Railway

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Sasebo Line The is a railway line in Kyushu, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Kōhoku Station in Kōhoku, Saga Prefecture to Sasebo Station in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. It is part of the route connecting Sasebo wi ...

Highways

Sister cities

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References

External links

*
Ōmachi official website
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