Hiranai

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Hiranai-machi
平 内 町
Hiranai
Geographical location in Japan
Hiranai (Japan)
Red pog.svg
Region : Tōhoku
Prefecture : Aomori
Coordinates : 40 ° 56 '  N , 140 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 55 '33 "  N , 140 ° 57' 21"  E
Basic data
Surface: 217.08 km²
Residents : 10,337
(June 1, 2019)
Population density : 48 inhabitants per km²
Community key : 02301-9
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Flag / coat of arms of Hiranai
Tree : Japanese red pine
Flower : Camellias
Bird : Swans
town hall
Address : Hiranai Town Hall
63 Kominato
Hiranai -machi
Aomori  039-3393
Website URL: http://www.town.hiranai.aomori.jp/
Location of Hiranais in Aomori Prefecture
Location of Hiranais in the prefecture

Hiranai ( Japanese 平 内 町 Hiranai-machi ) is a city (- machi ) in Higashitsugaru-gun ("East Tsugaru County") in the Japanese prefecture of Aomori . Hiranai is located on Mutsu Bay (Mutsu-wan) on the northern tip of the main island of Honshu .

Timber industry and fishing are the determining factors of economic Hiranai.

The name comes from the Ainu words of pira 'cliff' and nay 'river' due to its location in a river valley on the Natsudomari peninsula . For the Japanese transcription, the characters for 平 hira , German 'flat' and 内 nai , German 'inside' were chosen.

history

When the Japanese community was reorganized on April 1, 1889, the village communities were Higashi-Hiranai ( 東 平 内 村 -mura , German 'East Hiranai' ), Naka-Hiranai ( 中平 内 村 -mura , German 'Middle Hiranai' ) and Nishi -Hiranai ( 西 平 内 村 -mura , German 'West Hiranai' ) established. On October 1, 1928 Naka-Hiranai was raised to the municipality ( Machi ) Kominato ( 小 湊 町 ).

During the Second World War , a ship was sunk on July 15, 1945 off the north coast of the village by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), killing 3 people and injuring 9 (see air raids on Japan ).

Hiranai was formed on March 31, 1955 from the amalgamation of all three communities.

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