is a

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located in

Fukushima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,771,100 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture ...

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. , the village had an estimated

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of 3,081 in 1107 households, and a

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of 23 persons per km². The total area of the village was .

Geography

Samegawa is located in the southernmost portion of Fukushima prefecture, bordering on

Ibaraki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,828,086 (1 July 2023) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...

to the southeast. The area of the village is hilly with an altitude of between 400 and 600 meters, and over fifty percent covered in forest. Samegawa has a humid climate (

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''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Samegawa is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month.

Neighboring municipalities

* Fukushima Prefecture ** Asakawa ** Furudono **

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** Ishikawa ** Iwaki ** Tanagura *Ibaraki Prefecture ** Kitaibaraki

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Samegawa peaked around the year 1950 and has been in decline over the past 70 years.

Climate

Samegawa has a humid climate (

''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Samegawa is . The average annual rainfall is with September being the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around .Samegawa climate data
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History

The area of present-day Samegawa was part of ancient Mutsu Province. After the

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, it was organized as part of Higashishirakawa in the

Nakadōri is a region comprising the middle third of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is sandwiched between the regions of Aizu to the west and Hamadōri to the east. The principal cities of the area are Kōriyama is a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Ja ...

region of Iwaki Province. Samegawa village was formed on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system.

Education

Samegawa has two public elementary schools and one public junior high school operated by the village government, and one public high school operated by the Fukushima Prefectural Board of Education. *Fukushima Prefectural Shumei Commercial High School *Samegawa Junior High School

Geography

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Demographics

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Transportation

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