is a

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located in Yoshino District,

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. , the village had an estimated

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of 1,023 and a

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of 3.8 persons per km². The total area of the village is .

Geography

Kawakami is located in central

, the majority of the village is mountainous. The Ōmine Mountains are on the west side and the Daidaka Mountains on the east side, and the area is the source of the

Yoshino River The Yoshino River (吉野川 ''Yoshino-gawa'') is a river on the island of Shikoku, Japan. It is long and has a watershed of . It is the second longest river in Shikoku (slightly shorter than the Shimanto), and is the only river whose watershe ...

. The Osako Dam and Otaki Dam are located on the Yoshino River. The area has many limestone caves and

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Surrounding municipalities

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Matsusaka is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 157,235 in 66,018 households and a population density of 250 people per km². The total area of the city is . The city is famous for Matsusaka beef. Geography ...

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* Yoshino * Kurotaki * Tenkawa * Kamikitayama * Higashiyoshino

Climate

Kawakami 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 Kawakami is 11.1 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2422 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.3 °C, and lowest in January, at around -0.4 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Kawakami is as shown below: Between 1991 and 2016, no families in Sogio district had a birth. - The article text identifies this Kawakami as the one in Nara Prefecture.

History

The area of Kawakami was part of ancient

Yamato Province was a province of Japan, located in Kinai, corresponding to present-day Nara Prefecture in Honshū. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2005). "Yamato" in . It was also called . Yamato consists of two characters, 大 "great", and 和 " Wa". At first, th ...

. The discovery of the Miyanohira ruins (submerged under the Otaki Dam), believed to date back to the Jomon period, proves that the area of Kawakami has been inhabited since ancient times. The village of Kawakami was established on April 1, 1889, with the creation of the modern municipalities system.

Government

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

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village council of eight members. Kawakami, collectively with the other municipalities of Yoshino District, contributes two members to the Nara Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the village is part of the

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of the

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of the

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Economy

The local economy is based on tourism and forestry. Due to the terrain, there is very little commercial agriculture.

Education

Kawakami has one public combined elementary/junior high school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.

Transportation

Railways

Kawkami has no passenger railway service. The nearest train station is Yamato-Kamiichi Station on the Kintetsu Yoshino Line in Yoshino.

Geography

Surrounding municipalities

Climate

Demographics

History

Government

Economy

Education

Transportation

Railways

Highways

Local attractions

Notable people from Kawakami

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