Shichinohe, Aomori
Shichinohe 七戸町 | |||
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Shichinohe Town Hall | |||
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Location of Shichinohe in Aomori Prefecture | |||
Shichinohe
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Coordinates: 40°44′40.90″N 141°09′28.6″E / 40.7446944°N 141.157944°ECoordinates: 40°44′40.90″N 141°09′28.6″E / 40.7446944°N 141.157944°E | |||
Country | Japan | ||
Region | Tōhoku | ||
Prefecture | Aomori Prefecture | ||
District | Kamikita | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 337.23 km2 (130.21 sq mi) | ||
Population (January 31, 2017) | |||
• Total | 16,268 | ||
• Density | 48.2/km2 (125/sq mi) | ||
Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
City symbols | |||
• Tree | Ginkgo biloba | ||
• Flower | Rhododendron | ||
• Bird | Green pheasant | ||
Phone number | 0176-68-2111 | ||
Address | 131-4 Morinoue, Shichinohe-machi, Kitakami-gun,Aomori-ken 039-2792 | ||
Website |
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Shichinohe (七戸町 Shichinohe-machi) is a town located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2017, the town had an estimated population of 16,268, and a population density of 48.2 persons per km2, in 6,820 households.[1] The total area of the town is 337.23 square kilometres (130.21 sq mi).
Geography
Shichinohe is in central Aomori Prefecture, bordering on the Hakkoda Mountains. The town has a cold humid climate characterized by cool short summers and long cold winters with heavy snowfall (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Shichinohe is 9.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1233 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around -2.1 °C.[2]
Neighbouring municipalities
History
Shichinohe began as one of a series of numbered fortified settlements established by the Nanbu clan in the late Heian period to control their new territories in Nukada District of northern Ōshū. Shichinohe Castle was controlled by a branch of the Nanbu clan for several generations until the end of Sengoku period, when in 1591, the Shichinohe Nanbu clan opposed the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the Kunohe Rebellion and were defeated. The clan survived as hatamoto under the main lineage of the Nanbu clan at Morioka Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Shichinohe Domain, a subsidiary domain of Morioka Domain was created in 1819.
During the post-Meiji restoration cadastral reform of April 1, 1889, Shichinohe Village was incorporated. It was elevated to town status in 1949. On March 31, 2005, the neighboring village of Tenmabayashi was merged into the town of Shichinohe. Shichinohe-Towada Station on the Tōhoku Shinkansen opened on December 4, 2010. This restored a rail link to the town after the closure of the Nanbu Jūkan Railway connecting Shichinohe Station with Noheji Station in 1997.
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Shichinohe has declined over the past 40 years.
Census Year | Population |
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1970 | 23,974 |
1980 | 22,707 |
1990 | 21,237 |
2000 | 19,357 |
2010 | 16,763 |
Economy
The economy of Shichinohe is heavily dependent on agriculture and stock raising. Primary crops include rice, Japanese yam and carrots.
Education
Shichinohe has four public elementary schools and three public middle schools operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Aomori Prefectural Board of Education.The town also has one special education school, and an agricultural vocational school.
Transportation
Railway
Highway
International relations
Local attractions
- Site of Shichinohe Castle, a National Historic Site[5]
- Futatsumori Shell Mound, a Jomon period shell midden and National Historic Site[6]
- Takayama Uichi Memorial Museum of Art
Noted people from Shichinohe
- Takegoro Ebina – jockey
- Takehiro Hashimoto – professional baseball player
- Kaiki Nobuhide – sumo wrestler
- Uichi Takayama - artist
References
- ↑ Official home page
- ↑ Shichinohe climate data
- ↑ Shichinohe population statistics
- ↑ "International Exchange". List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures. Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR). Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ↑ "七戸城跡 しちのへじょうあと". Cultural Heritage Online (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- ↑ "二ツ森貝塚 ふたつもりかいづか". Cultural Heritage Online (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
External links
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- Official Website (in Japanese)