270px, Tamakawa, Roadside Station
is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
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 ...
,
Japan
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. , the village had an estimated
population
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of 6,497 in 2143 households, and a
population density
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of 140 per km². The total area of the village was .
Geography
Tamakawa is located in south-central Fukushima prefecture at an average altitude of 262 meters.
*Mountains: Kannondake
*Rivers:
Abukuma River
The , with a length of , is the second longest river in the Tōhoku region of Japan and the 6th longest river in the country. It is designated as a Classification of rivers in Japan, Class A river.
It runs through Fukushima Prefecture and Miyagi P ...
Climate
Tamakawa has a
humid climate (
Köppen climate classification
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''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Tamakawa is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month.
Neighboring municipalities
* Fukushima Prefecture
**
Hirata
**
Ishikawa
**
Kagamiishi
**
Sukagawa
file:Sukagawa City Hall.jpg, 270px, Sukagawa City Hall is a Cities of Japan, city located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 76,251 in 38824 households, and a population density of 270 persons per km2. The tot ...
**
Yabuki
Demographics
According to Japanese census data, the population of Tamakawa has remained relatively stable since 1970.
History
The area of present-day Tamakawa was part of ancient
Mutsu Province. The area was mostly ''
tenryō
The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.
The Tokugawa shogunate was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu after victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, ending the civil war ...
'' territory under the direct control of the
Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.
The Tokugawa shogunate was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu after victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, ending the civil wars ...
during 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 ...
. After the
Meiji Restoration
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, it was organized as part of
Ishikawa District in the
Nakadōri region of
Iwashiro Province
is an old province in the area of Fukushima Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Iwashiro''" in . It was sometimes called .
The province occupies the western half of the central part of Fukushima Prefecture; the eastern half is I ...
. The villages of Izumi and Sugama were established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Tamagawa Village was formed on March 31, 1955 by the merger of the two villages.
Economy
Tamakawa has a mixed economy of agriculture and light/precision manufacturing.
Education
Tamakawa has two public elementary schools and two public junior high schools operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.
* Tamakawa First Elementary School
* Tamakawa Sugama Elementary School
* Tamakawa Izumi Middle School
* Tamakawa Sugama Middle School
Transportation
Airports
*
Fukushima Airport
Railway
JR East
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–
Suigun Line
The is a Japanese railway line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), which connects Mito Station (Ibaraki), Mito Station in Ibaraki Prefecture and Asaka-Nagamori Station in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. All trains on the line continue ...
* –
Highway
*
*
International relations
*
Lugu, Nantou
Lugu Township () is a Township (Taiwan), rural township located in the southwest of Nantou County, Taiwan. Lugu is known as the home of Dong Ding tea, Dongding Oolong Tea, which was first cultivated on Dong Ding Mountain in the area.
Administra ...
,
Taiwan
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,
Republic of China
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Local attractions
*
Sugama Tōfuku-ji Stone Reliquary, National Historic Site
References
External links
*
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Villages in Fukushima Prefecture