Takanabe
高鍋町
Town
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Location of Takanabe in Miyazaki Prefecture
Location of Takanabe
Takanabe is located in Japan
Takanabe
Takanabe
Location in Japan
Coordinates: 32°07′41″N 131°30′12″E / 32.12806°N 131.50333°E / 32.12806; 131.50333
CountryJapan
RegionKyushu
PrefectureMiyazaki
DistrictKoyu
Area
 • Total43.80 km2 (16.91 sq mi)
Population
 (October 1, 2023)
 • Total19,242
 • Density440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address8437 Kamie, Takanabe-cho, Koyu-gun, Miyazaki-ken 884-8655
WebsiteOfficial website
Symbols
FlowerDianthus
TreeOsmanthus fragrans
Takanabe Town Hall
Takanabe Daishi

Takanabe (高鍋町, Takanabe-chō) is a town located in Koyu District, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2023, the town had an estimated population of 19242 in 8650 households, and a population density of 160 persons per km². [1] The total area of the town is 43.80 square kilometres (16.91 sq mi).

Geography

Takanabe is located in the northern part of the Miyazaki Plain, the Komaru River flows through the center and empties into the Hyūga Sea which forms the eastern border of the town. There are only alluvial plains and diluvial plateaus, and the area is generally flat.

Neighbouring municipalities

Miyazaki Prefecture

Climate

Takanabe has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Takanabe is 16.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2234 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around 6.5 °C.[2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Takanabe is as shown below

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1950 14,434—    
1960 20,106+39.3%
1970 20,041−0.3%
1980 19,777−1.3%
1990 22,950+16.0%
2000 22,970+0.1%
2010 22,748−1.0%
2020 21,736−4.4%

History

The area of Takanabe was part of ancient Hyūga Province. The area was under the control of the Akizuki clan from the end of the Sengoku period, who ruled Takanabe Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. The town developed as a jōkamachi around Takanabe Castle. The village of Takanabe within Koyu District, Miyazaki was established on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. It was raised to town status on February 7, 1901.

Government

Takanabe has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 14 members. Takanabe, collectively with the other municipalities of Koyu District contributes three members to the Miyazaki Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of the Miyazaki 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy

The main industry of Takanabe is agriculture, mainly livestock, including pig and poultry farming.

Education

Takanabe has two public elementary schools and two public junior high schools operated by the town government, and two public high schools operated by the Miyazaki Prefectural Board of Education.

Transportation

Railways

JR Kyushu - Nippō Main Line

Highways

Local attractions

Notable people from Takanabe

References

  1. ↑ "Takanabe Town official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.
  2. ↑ Takanabe climate: Average Temperature, weather by month
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