:Kōta, Aichi
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Tōkai region
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{{nihongo|Kōta|幸田町|Kōta-chō}} is a town located in Nukata District, Aichi Prefecture, in the Tōkai region of Japan. {{As of|2019|10|01}}, the town had an estimated population of 42,200 in 16,198 households,[https://www.town.kota.lg.jp/index.cfm/15,0,13,19,html Kōta Town official statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919033958/https://www.town.kota.lg.jp/index.cfm/15,0,13,19,html |date=2020-09-19 }} {{in lang|ja}} and a population density of 744 persons per km2. The total area of the town was {{convert|56.72|sqkm|sqmi}}.
Part of the town was called Kōda until 1954. It should not be confused with a district in the nearby city of Tahara, in the same prefecture, also called Koda (Koda-chō)
Geography
Kōta is situated in south-central Aichi Prefecture.
=Neighboring municipalities=
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-aichi.php Kōta population statistics] the population of Kōta has been increasing over the past 70 years.
{{Historical populations
| 1940 | 12,157
| 1950 | 16,994
| 1960 | 16,467
| 1970 | 20,456
| 1980 | 26,163
| 1990 | 31,004
| 2000 | 33,408
| 2010 | 27,933
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=Climate=
The town has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Kōta is 15.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1575 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.1 °C.[https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/aichi/kota-4914/ Kōta climate data]
History
File:Kota town Ike-jinja ac (2).jpg
Japanese Paleolithic period remains have been found in what is now Kōta, indicating settlement for many thousands of years. Jōmon period and Kofun period remains are plentiful. The area was part of western Mikawa Province under the Ritsuryō system, and organized into shōen under the control of Ise Shrine or the Fujiwara clan in the Heian period. It became a center for the Ikkō-ikki movement in the Sengoku period. Much of the area was under the control of Okazaki Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate and prospered due to its production of roof tiles, sake, edible oils and its position on the Tōkaidō highway. With the early Meiji period establishment of the modern municipalities system, the area was organized into villages within Nukata District, Aichi Prefecture. {{nihongo|Kōda Village|広田村|}} was formed on May 1, 1906 through the merger of three smaller hamlets. It changed the kanji spelling of its name to the present version on July 28, 1909 with the opening of a train station on the Tōkaidō Main Line. The village was elevated to town status on April 1, 1952. On August 1, 1954, the town merged with former Toyosaka village from Hazu District, at which time it changed its transliteration from Kōda to Kōta. A new town hall was completed in 1985.
Economy
Kōta is a center for manufacturing of automotive components and electronics, especially for Toyota and related companies. One of the more prominent factories in the town is Denso. Sony also has a large R&D and manufacturing complex, Sony Kohda TEC, in Sakazaki district. Agriculture is centered on greenhouse production, with strawberries as a major cash crop.
Education
Kōta has six public elementary schools and three public middle schools operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education.
Transportation
=Railway=
20px Central Japan Railway Company - Tōkaidō Main Line
- {{STN|Sangane|x}}{{•}}{{STN|Kōda|x|Aichi}}{{•}}{{STN|Aimi|x}}
=Highways=
- {{jct|country=JPN|Route|23}}
- {{jct|country=JPN|Route|248}}
Sister city relations
- {{flagicon|Cambodia}} Siem Reap, Cambodia{{cite web|url=http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=23&n=Aichi%20Prefecture|title=International Exchange|work=List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures|publisher=Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR)|access-date=21 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224052656/http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=23&n=Aichi%20Prefecture|archive-date=24 December 2015|url-status=dead}}
Notable people from Kōta
- Matsudaira Ietada, Sengoku-period daimyō
- Natsume Yoshinobu, Sengoku-period samurai
References
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External links
{{Commons category-inline|Kota, Aichi|Kōta, Aichi}}
- {{Official|http://www.town.kota.aichi.jp}} {{in lang|ja}} (with link to pages in English)
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