Sakawa (kochi)

Sakawa-chō 佐川 町
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Shikoku
Prefecture :	Kochi
Coordinates :	33 ° 30 '  N , 133 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 33 ° 30 '3 "  N , 133 ° 17' 12"  E
Basic data
Surface:	101 km²
Residents :	12,402 (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	123 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	39402-5
Postal code area :	789-1200-789-1235
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Bird :	kingfisher
town hall
Address :	Sakawa Town Hall 1650 - Ko , Sakawa - chō , Takaoka-gun Kōchi  789-1292
Website URL:	www.town.sakawa.lg.jp
Location of Sakawas in Kochi Prefecture

Sakawa ( Japanese 佐川 町 -chō ) is one of 17 small towns in the prefecture of Kōchi in Japan with a good 10,000 inhabitants .

geography

Ōtaru waterfall

Sakawa is located in the central west of the prefecture about 25 kilometers west of its administrative seat Kōchi on the island of Shikoku . The place is located in a basin on the Yanase , a tributary of the Niyodo-gawa .

Surroundings

The nearest towns are Tosa 10 kilometers east and Susaki just as far south. About 5 kilometers west of Sakawa is the Ōtaru waterfall , just before Tosa the pilgrim temple Kiyotaki-ji .

history

The Sakawa Basin shows rare fossils in excavations and evidence of human settlement more than 10,000 years ago, for example through ruins in the Fudoga Iwaya cave . Due to the excavation of the Kamatata site, it is assumed that rice cultivation began in the Yayoi period , which is still predominantly agricultural today . During the Edo period, Sakawa flourished as the castle town of the Tosa clan . With the enforcement of the communal system, the village of Sagawa became a municipality in 1889 and a city in 1900, into which other surrounding villages were incorporated between 1954 and 1958.

Town twinning

Sakawa maintains since 1988 a community partnership with Kitami in Hokkaido , .

Personalities

• Makino Tomitarō (1862–1957), botanist
• Satoshi Yamaguchi (* 1978), football player

Web links

Commons : Sakawa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ On the tuffaceous conglomerate at Northwestern Part of Koike in the Sakawa Basin, Shikoku, Japan. Retrieved April 29, 2020 . 
2. ↑ 姉妹 都市 ǀ 佐川 町 役 場. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .