Kijimadaira

Kijimadaira 木島平村
Village
Kijimadaira Village Hall
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Location of Kijimadaira in Nagano Prefecture
Kijimadaira
Coordinates: 36°51′30.3″N 138°24′24.1″E
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu (Kōshin'etsu)
Prefecture	Nagano
District	Shimotakai
Area
• Total	99.32 km2 (38.35 sq mi)
Population  (October 2018)
• Total	4,468
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Symbols
• Tree	Zelkova serrata
• Flower	Adonis amurensis
Phone number	026-245-1100
Address	973-1 Ogo, Kijimadaira-mura, Shimotakai-gun, Nagano-ken 389-2352
Website	Official website

Mount Kosha in Kijimadaira

Kijimadaira (木島平村, Kijimadaira-mura) is a village located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2018, the village had an estimated population of 4,468, and a population density of 45.8 persons per km². The total area of the village is 99.32 square kilometres (38.35 sq mi).

Geography

Kijimadaira is located in mountainous northeastern Nagano Prefecture.

Surrounding municipalities

• Nagano Prefecture
  • Iiyama
  • Nozawaonsen
  • Yamanouchi
  • Sakae
  • Tsumagoi
  • Nakanojō

Climate

The village has a humid continental climate characterized by warm and humid summers, and cold winters with heavy snowfall (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Kijimadaira is 7.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1570 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 20.3 °C, and lowest in January, at around -5.1 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Kijimadaira has decreased over the past 70 years.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1940	6,964	—
1950	8,387	+20.4%
1960	7,735	−7.8%
1970	6,470	−16.4%
1980	6,077	−6.1%
1990	5,887	−3.1%
2000	5,513	−6.4%
2010	4,942	−10.4%
2020	4,375	−11.5%

History

The area of present-day Kijimadaira was part of ancient Shinano Province. The modern village of Kijimadaira was established on February 1, 1955 by the merger of the villages of Hotada, Ogo and Kamijijima. A proposal to merge the village with neighboring Iiyama city and Nozawaonsen village was overwhelmingly rejected by local inhabitants in 2004.

Economy

The economy of Kijimadaira is based on agriculture and seasonal tourism.

Education

Kijimadaira has one public elementary school and one public middle school operated by the village government. The village has one public high school operated by the Nagano Prefectural Board of Education.

Transportation

Railway

• The village has no passenger railway service.

Highway

• National Route 403

External links

• Media related to Kijimadaira, Nagano at Wikimedia Commons
• Official Website (in Japanese)