is a

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located in Nomi District,

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. , the town had an estimated

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of 6,282 in 1939 households, and a

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of 430 persons per km². The total area of the town was .

Geography

Kawakita occupies the northern bank of the Tedori River, sandwiched between the cities of Hakusan to the north and Nomi to the south. It is flatland, subject to flooding. The town has a

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(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kawakita is 14.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2535 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.8 °C.

Neighbouring municipalities

*Ishikawa Prefecture ** Hakusan ** Nomi

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,Kawakita population statistics
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History

The area around Kawakita was part of ancient

Kaga Province was a province of Japan in the area that is today the south and western portion of Ishikawa Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Kaga bordered on Echizen, Etchū, Hida, and Noto Provinces. It was part of Hokurikudō Circuit. Its ...

. The area became part of Kaga Domain under the

Edo period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

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. Following the

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, the area was organised into Nomi District, Ishikawa. The villages of Nakajima, Kusabuka, and Sunagawa were founded on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. These three villages merged on Augsu 5, 1907 to form the village of Kawakita. Kawakita was raised to town status on April 1, 1980.

Economy

Agriculture and the manufacture of electrical components is important to the local economy.

Education

Kawakita has three public elementary schools and one public middle school operated by the town government. The town does not have a public high school.

Geography

Neighbouring municipalities

Demographics

History

Economy

Education

Transportation

Railway

Highway

Local attractions

References

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