is a

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located in Koyu District,

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. , the town had an estimated population of 16,117 in 6,593 households, and a

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of 260 persons per km². The total area of the town is .

Geography

Shintomi is located in central Miyazaki Prefecture, bordered by the Hyūga Sea to the east.The town is generally flat, with plains on the sides and south, and a plateau on the west side, and approximately 70% of the town area is flat. The Hitotsuse River flows through the south of the town.

Neighbouring municipalities

Miyazaki Prefecture * Miyazaki * Saito * Takanabe

Climate

Shintomi 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 Shintomi is 16.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2216 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around 6.5 °C. Shintomi climate: Average Temperature, weather by month
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Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Shintomi is as shown below

History

The area of Shintomi was part of ancient

Hyūga Province was a province of Japan in the area of southeastern Kyūshū, corresponding to modern Miyazaki Prefecture Hyūga bordered on Ōsumi to the south, Higo to the west, and Bungo to the north. Its abbreviated form name was , although it was als ...

. During the

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, the area was largely part of the holdings of Sadowara Domain. The villages of Tonda and Nyūta within Koyu District, Miyazaki was established on April 1, 1889, with the creation of the modern municipalities system. The villages merged on March 31, 1959, to form the town of Shintomi.

Government

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

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town council of 12 members. Shinomi, collectively with the other municipalities of Koyu District contributes three members to the Miyazaki Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of the Miyazaki 2nd district of the

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of the

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. The town is the location of the JASDF Nyutabaru Air Base.

Economy

The main industry of Shintomi is agriculture.

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es,

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, and

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s and other

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are raised.

Education

Shintomi has two public elementary schools and one public junior high school operated by the town government and one public high school operated by the Miyazaki Prefectural Board of Education. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped. In Shintomi, all of the windows in the schools are double-paned to block noise from a nearby military base.

Transportation

Railways

JR Kyushu The , also referred to as , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan. It formerly operated the Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait be ...

Nippō Main Line The is a railway line in Kyushu, in southern Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). Also known as the Fukuhoku Nippo Line, The line connects Kokura Station in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima, Kagoshima, K ...

Highways

Higashikyushu Expressway * *

Local attractions

* Nyūtabaru Kofun Cluster, National Historic Site

References

External links

*
Shintomi official website
{{Miyazaki Towns in Miyazaki Prefecture Populated coastal places in Japan Shintomi, Miyazaki