Kawai (Iwate)
| Kawai-mura (incorporated) 川 井村 |
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| Geographical location in Japan | |||
| Region : | Tōhoku | ||
| Prefecture : | Iwate | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 36 ' N , 141 ° 41' E | ||
| Height : | 188 m | ||
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| Incorporated on: | Jan. 1, 2010 | ||
| Incorporated in: | Miyako | ||
| Surface: | 563.07 km² | ||
| Residents : | 2952 (November 1, 2009) |
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| Population density : | 5 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Community key : | 03487-8 | ||
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| Address : |
Kawai Village Hall 186 - 1 , Dai-2-chiwari, Kawai Kawai -mura, Shimo-Hei-gun Iwate 028-2302 |
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| Website URL: | archived Sept. 27, 2007 | ||
| Location of Kawais in Iwate Prefecture | |||
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Kawai ( Japanese 川 井村 , Japanese Kawai-mura ) was a village community ( -mura ) in the district (-gun) Unter-Hei ( Shimo-Hei ) of the Japanese prefecture (-ken) Iwate , historically the district Hei of the province Rikuchū or Mutsu . Occasionally, to this day with the successors of the state railway, it was also called Rikuchū-Kawai ( 陸中川 井 ) to expressly differentiate it from places called Kawai in other provinces .
history
In the Great Meiji Territorial Reform of 1889, Kawai-mura united seven pre-modern villages. From 1955 (Great Shōwa Territorial Reform), Kawai, through the merger with Kadoma and Oguni, comprised the entire former district of Middle-Hei ( Naka-Hei ) , one of the three forerunners of Shimo-Hei. On January 1, 2010, Kawai was incorporated into the independent city (-shi) Miyako .
geography
 
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Kawai is located in the center of Iwate in the Kitakami Mountains on the upper reaches of the river (-gawa) Hei , which overcomes almost 1000 meters of altitude on its 88 km long course from the source on the former western border of Kawai to the mouth in the original city center of Miyako. Much of the former municipal area consists of mountainous land. In the southwest, above Kadoma, is Mount (-san) Hayachine , the second highest mountain in Iwate.
traffic
The Yamada line of the east Japanese JR runs through the Hei Valley with six train stations in the former municipality of Kawai. It was built by the Ministry of Railways in the 1920s and 1930s between the capital Morioka in the west and the port of Miyako in the east, the Rikuchu-Kawai station opened in 1933. The national road 106 also runs through the Heigawa valley . To the south, the national road 340 branches off through the valley of the Ogunigawa and the place Oguni in the direction of Tōno .
Web links
- 川 井村 に つ い て Kawai-mura ni tsuite , archived presentation from the community website at the Internet Archive on October 6, 2006.