Nishiawakura

[edit] Nishiawakura has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with moderate snowfall. The average annual temperature in Nishiawakura is 11.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1981 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around 0.1 °C.

[edit] Per Japanese census data, the population of Nishiawakura has been as follows. The population has been steadily declining since the 1950s Historical populationYearPop.±% 1920 2,620—     1930 2,384−9.0% 1940 2,305−3.3% 1950 3,040+31.9% 1960 2,714−10.7% 1970 2,014−25.8% 1980 1,923−4.5% 1990 1,939+0.8% 2000 1,831−5.6% 2010 1,520−17.0%

[edit] Nishiawakura is part of ancient Mimasaka Province. After the Meiji restoration, the area was organized into Nishiawakura village, Yoshino District, Okayama Prefecture with the creation of the modern municipalities system on June 1,1889. Yoshino District was merged into Aida District, Okayama on April 1,1900.

[edit] Nishiawakura has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral village council ten members. Nishiawakura, collectively with the city of Mimasaka, contributes one member to the Okayama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the village is part of the Okayama 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

[edit] The main industry in the area is forestry and woodworking.

[edit] Nishiawakura has one public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the town government. The village does not have a high school.

[edit] Railway[edit] Chizu Express - Chizu Line Nishi-Awakura - Awakura-Onsen Highways[edit] Tottori Expressway National Route 373

[edit] Seiji Hagiwara, politician of the Liberal Democratic Party