:Minamimaki, Nagano
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| subdivision_name1 = Chūbu (Kōshin'etsu)
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| subdivision_name2 = Nagano
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| subdivision_name3 = Minamisaku
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| leader_title = Mayor
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| population_total = 2924
| population_as_of = April 2019
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| blank_info_sec1 = 0267-78-2121
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| blank1_info_sec1 = 1051 Uminokuchi Minamimaki-mura, Minamisaku-gun, Nagano-ken 384-1211
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| website = [http://www.minamimakimura.jp/ http://www.minamimakimura.jp/]
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| tree = Prunus serrulata
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File:Lettuce harvest in Nobeyama.JPG
{{Nihongo|Minamimaki|南牧村|Minamimaki-mura}} is a village located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. {{As of|2019|04|01}}, the village had an estimated population of 2,924 in 1,091 households[http://www.minamimakimura.jp/main/ Minamimaki Village official statistics] {{in lang|ja}} and a population density of 22 persons per km2. The total area of the village is {{convert|133.09|sqkm|sqmi}}.
Geography
Minamimaki is located in the Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group of the mountainous eastern Nagano Prefecture at an average altitude of between 1,000 and 1,500 meters. It is bordered by Yamanashi Prefecture to the south.
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=Climate=
The village has a humid continental climate characterized by warm and humid summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Minamimaki is {{cvt|7.2|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1432.4|mm}}, and July is the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around {{cvt|19.5|C}}, and lowest in January, at around {{cvt|-5.3|C}}.[https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/nml_amd_ym.php?prec_no=48&block_no=0415&year=&month=&day=&view=h0 Minamimaki climate data]
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History
The area of present-day Minamimaki was part of ancient Shinano Province. The modern village of Minamimaki was created with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889.
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-nagano.php Minamimaki population statistics] the population of Minamimaki has remained relatively steady over the past 50 years.
{{Historical populations
| 1940 | 3,029
| 1950 | 4,087
| 1960 | 4,112
| 1970 | 3,604
| 1980 | 3,435
| 1990 | 3,582
| 2000 | 3,540
| 2010 | 3,528
| 2020 | 3,242
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Politics and Government
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Transportation
=Railway=
- 20px East Japan Railway Company - Koumi Line
- {{STN|Nobeyama|x}} - < {{STN|Shinano-Kawakami|x}} > - {{STN|Saku-Hirose|x}} - {{STN|Umijiri|x}}
=Highway=
- {{jct|country=JPN|Route|141}}
Local attractions
- Nobeyama radio observatory
- Yadegawa ruins, a Japanese Paleolithic period trace and National Historic Site
References
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External links
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- [http://www.minamimakimura.jp/ Official Website] {{in lang|ja}}
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{{Nagano}}
Category:Villages in Nagano Prefecture
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