Kunimi, Fukushima

Kunimi 国見町
Town
Kunimi Town Office
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Location of Kunimi in Fukushima Prefecture
Kunimi
Coordinates: 37°52′37″N 140°32′58″E / 37.87694°N 140.54944°E / 37.87694; 140.54944Coordinates: 37°52′37″N 140°32′58″E / 37.87694°N 140.54944°E / 37.87694; 140.54944
Country	Japan
Region	Tōhoku
Prefecture	Fukushima
District	Date
Area
• Total	37.95 km2 (14.65 sq mi)
Population (April 2018)
• Total	9,140
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- Tree	Pinus densiflora
- Flower	Peach
- Bird	Japanese bush warbler
Phone number	024-585-2111
Address	Fujita 2-1 ichodani Kunimi-machi, Date-gun, Fukushima-ken 969-1792
Website	Official website

Kunimi Cultural Center

Kunimi (国見町, Kunimi-machi) is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 May 2018, the town had an estimated population of 9,484 and a population density of 250 persons per km². The total area of the town was 37.90 square kilometres (14.63 sq mi).

Geography

Kunimi is located in Date District in the very northern portion Fukushima prefecture, bordering on Miyagi prefecture.

• Mountains: Atsukashiyama (289.4m)
• Rivers: Abukuma River

Climate

Kunimi has a humid climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Kunimi is 12.5 °C (54.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,250 mm (49 in) with September as the wettest month.The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.3 °C (77.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 1.1 °C (34.0 °F).^[1]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[2] , the population of Kunimi has declined over the past 40 years.

History

The area of present-day Kunimi was part of ancient Mutsu Province. During the Edo period, it was partly tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate, and partly under Morioka Domain. The town of Fujita developed as a post station on the Ōshū Kaidō highway. After the Meiji Restoration, it was organized as part of Nakadōri region of Iwaki Province. The town of Kunimi was formed on March 31, 1954 with the merger of the town of Fujita with the villages of Kosaka, Morieno, Okido, and Oeda, all in Date District. The town hall was destroyed in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake.

Economy

The economy of Kunimi is primarily agricultural.

Education

Kunimi has one public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the town government. The town does not have a public high school.

• Kunimi Prefectural Middle School
• Kunimi Elementary School

Transportation

References

External links

Media related to Kunimi, Fukushima at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)