Asakawa, Fukushima

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| blank1_info_sec2 = 112-15 Setoyachi, Asakawa, Asakawa-machi, Ishikawa-gun, Fukushima-ken 963-6204

| website = {{Official website|http://www.town.asakawa.fukushima.jp/}}

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File:Tomizo Yoshida Memorial Hall.jpg

{{Nihongo|Asakawa|浅川町|Asakawa-machi}} is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. {{As of|2020|03|01}}, the town had an estimated population of 6,036 across 2,070 households,[http://www.town.asakawa.fukushima.jp Asakawa Village official statistics]{{in lang|ja}} and a population density of 170 persons per km². The total area of the town was {{convert|37.43|km2|sqmi}}.

Geography

Asakawa is located in southern portion of Fukushima prefecture in the floodplain of the Abukuma River. Asakawa has a humid climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Asakawa is {{Convert|11.6|C|}}. The average annual rainfall is {{Convert|1386|mm||abbr=on}} with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around {{Convert|23.9|C|}}, and lowest in January, at around {{Convert|0.5|C|}}.[https://en.climate-data.org/location/50699/ Asakawa climate data]

=Neighboring municipalities=

Fukushima Prefecture
Ishikawa
Samegawa
Shirakawa
Tanagura

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-fukushima.php Asakawa population statistics] the population of Asakawa has declined over the past 40 years.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-fukushima.php Kunimi population statistics] the population of Kunimi has been in decline over the past 70 years.

{{Historical populations

| 1950 | 9,490

| 1960 | 8,625

| 1970 | 7,837

| 1980 | 7,488

| 1990 | 7,727

| 2000 | 7,484

| 2010 | 6,888

| 2020 | 6,036

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Climate

Asakawa has a humid climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Asakawa is {{Convert|11.6|C|}}. The average annual rainfall is {{Convert|1386|mm||abbr=on}} with September being the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around {{Convert|23.9|C|}}, and lowest in January, at around {{Convert|0.5|C|}}.[https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/fukushima/asakawa-50699/ Asakawa climate data]

History

The area of present-day Asakuwa was part of ancient Mutsu Province. The area was mostly tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa Shogunate during the Edo period. After the Meiji Restoration, it was organized as part of Ishikawa District in the Nakadōri region of Iwaki Province. The village of Asakuwa was formed on April 1, 1889, with the creation of the modern municipalities system. It was raised to town status on August 1, 1935. The town expanded on October 1, 1950, by the annexation of the neighboring village of Yamashiraishi.