Nakagawa (Nagano)

Nakagawa-mura 中 川村
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Chūbu
Prefecture :	Nagano
Coordinates :	35 ° 38 '  N , 137 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 38 '5 "  N , 137 ° 56' 45"  E
Basic data
Surface:	77.05 km²
Residents :	4660 (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	60 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	20386-6
Symbols
Tree :	Hinoki cypress
Flower :	Orchis graminifolia
town hall
Address :	Nakagawa Village Hall 4045 - 1 , Okusa Nakagawa -mura, Kamiina-gun Nagano  399-3892
Website URL:	www.vill.nakagawa.nagano.jp
Location of Nakagawas in Nagano Prefecture

Nakagawa ( Japanese : 中 川村 , -mura ) is a village in Kamiina-gun in Nagano Prefecture on the Japanese main island of Honshū .

geography

Nakagawa is the southernmost community of Kamiina-gun and is located in the Ina Basin on the Tenryū River . 5,343 people live on 77.05 km² (as of March 1, 2010). Nakagawa is located at the foot of the Akaishi Mountains . Neighboring municipalities are the big city ( shi ) Komagane , the cities ( machi ) Iijima (Kamiina-gun) and Matsukawa ( Shimoina-gun ) and the village of Ōshika (Shimoina-gun).

history

Nakagawa was created on August 1, 1958 by merging the two villages Katakiri and Namikai. Since October 7, 2008, Nakagawa has been a member of the association of the “most beautiful villages in Japan” ( “Nihon de mottomo utsukushii mura” rengō ).

traffic

Nakagawa is over the station Ina-Tajima at the Iida Line of JR Central tethered.

As a trunk road, National Road 153 runs through Nakagawa.

City partnerships and friendships

• Nakagawa (Hokkaidō) , Japan (city partnership)
• Tempaku-ku , Nagoya , Japan (friendship between cities)

Sons and daughters of the village

• Nakazawa Rinsen - cultural critic and electrical engineer in the Meiji and Taishō periods
• Shiozawa Kōichi - Admiral of the Imperial Navy

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 日本 で 最 も 美 し い 村 . In: Nakagawa Village. Retrieved August 16, 2016 (Japanese). 

Web links

Commons : Nakagawa, Nagano  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files