Aoki (Nagano)

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Aoki-mura
青 木村
Aoki
Geographical location in Japan
Aoki (Nagano) (Japan)
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Region : Chūbu
Prefecture : Nagano
Coordinates : 36 ° 22 '  N , 138 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 36 ° 22 '13 "  N , 138 ° 7' 44"  E
Basic data
Surface: 57.09 km²
Residents : 4128
(October 1, 2019)
Population density : 72 inhabitants per km²
Community key : 20349-1
Symbols
Tree : Hedgehog juniper
Flower : East Siberian Iris
Bird : Colored pheasant
Fish : char
town hall
Address : Aoki Village Hall
111 , Ōaza-Tazawa
Aoki -mura, Chiisagata-gun
Nagano  386-1601
Website URL: www.vill.aoki.nagano.jp
Location Aokis in Nagano Prefecture
Location of Aokis in the prefecture

Aoki ( Japanese : 青 木村 , -mura ) is a mountain village in Chiisagata-gun in Nagano Prefecture on the Japanese main island of Honshū . In 1761 Aoki was a starting point of Ueda riots ( Ueda Sodo ), a peasant uprising in Ueda- han , the village also why "home of the patriotic people" ( gimin no sato ) is called. However, on its website, Aoki calls itself "home of hot springs and culture" ( ideyu to bunka no sato ).

geography

Aoki is centrally located in Nagano prefecture approx. 12 km east of the large city ( shi ) Ueda . The administrative area of ​​Aoki has an east-west extension of about 8 km and a north-south extension of about 10.4 km. 4,659 people live in an area of ​​57.09 km² (as of February 1, 2010). Aoki borders the cities of Ueda and Matsumoto and the village of Chikuhoku in Higashichikuma-gun .

In Aoki there are the mountains Jukkan (1,285 m), Komayumi (1,223 m) and Okami (1,250 m).

history

The village of Aoki was founded on April 1, 1889 through the merger of six previously independent settlements. In 1957, two expansions of the municipal area took place through the addition of further settlements. In 2002 there were plans to merge Aoki with Ueda, which was publicly rejected on October 25, 2002 by the village administration.

traffic

National road 143 runs through Aoki.

Until 1938 a railway connected Aoki with Ueda. Aoki has no connection to the Japanese rail network since the closure of the single line. There are several bus routes for this.

Educational institution

Aoki runs an elementary school and a middle school.

Town twinning

Web links

Commons : Aoki, Nagano  - collection of images, videos and audio files