Hanawa 塙町 | |
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 Hanawa Town Hall | |
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 Location of Hanawa in Fukushima Prefecture | |
  Hanawa | |
| Coordinates:36°57′26″N140°24′34.9″E / 36.95722°N 140.409694°E /36.95722; 140.409694 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Tōhoku |
| Prefecture | Fukushima |
| District | Higashishirakawa |
| Area | |
• Total | 211.41 km2 (81.63 sq mi) |
| Population (January 2020) | |
• Total | 8,369 |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Phone number | 0247-43-2111 |
| Address | 3-21 Hanawa Omachi, Hanawa-machi, Higashishirakawa-gun, Fukushima-ken 963-5405 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | Official website |
| Symbols | |
| Bird | Green pheasant |
| Flower | Rhododendron,dahlia |
| Tree | Cryptomeria |
Hanawa (塙町,Hanawa-machi) is atown located inFukushima Prefecture,Japan. As of 1 January 2020[update], the town had an estimatedpopulation of 8,369 in 3301 households,[1] and apopulation density of 40 persons per km2. The total area of the town was 211.41 square kilometres (81.6 sq mi).
Hanawa is located in the southernmost portion of Fukushima prefecture, bordering onIbaraki Prefecture to the south.
Hanawa has ahumid climate (Köppen climate classificationCfa). The average annual temperature in Hanawa is 12.0 °C (53.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,420 mm (56 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.9 °C (75.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 1.1 °C (34.0 °F).[2]
| Climate data for Hanawa (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1976−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.9 (62.4) | 20.7 (69.3) | 24.6 (76.3) | 30.7 (87.3) | 33.6 (92.5) | 34.8 (94.6) | 35.7 (96.3) | 36.5 (97.7) | 34.1 (93.4) | 30.0 (86.0) | 23.3 (73.9) | 21.7 (71.1) | 36.5 (97.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) | 7.2 (45.0) | 11.1 (52.0) | 17.0 (62.6) | 22.0 (71.6) | 24.9 (76.8) | 28.4 (83.1) | 29.7 (85.5) | 25.6 (78.1) | 19.9 (67.8) | 14.3 (57.7) | 8.8 (47.8) | 17.9 (64.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.2 (32.4) | 1.1 (34.0) | 4.6 (40.3) | 10.3 (50.5) | 15.7 (60.3) | 19.5 (67.1) | 23.2 (73.8) | 24.1 (75.4) | 20.2 (68.4) | 14.1 (57.4) | 7.8 (46.0) | 2.5 (36.5) | 11.9 (53.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.8 (23.4) | −4.1 (24.6) | −1.2 (29.8) | 3.8 (38.8) | 9.9 (49.8) | 15.1 (59.2) | 19.4 (66.9) | 20.3 (68.5) | 16.2 (61.2) | 9.5 (49.1) | 2.6 (36.7) | −2.4 (27.7) | 7.0 (44.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.7 (5.5) | −16.2 (2.8) | −14.2 (6.4) | −6.3 (20.7) | −0.7 (30.7) | 4.2 (39.6) | 10.0 (50.0) | 11.6 (52.9) | 4.4 (39.9) | −1.8 (28.8) | −6.6 (20.1) | −11.6 (11.1) | −16.2 (2.8) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 37.7 (1.48) | 34.9 (1.37) | 86.3 (3.40) | 108.0 (4.25) | 123.5 (4.86) | 145.5 (5.73) | 215.4 (8.48) | 179.5 (7.07) | 199.7 (7.86) | 159.2 (6.27) | 72.5 (2.85) | 43.0 (1.69) | 1,405.1 (55.32) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 4.6 | 5.0 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 11.2 | 13.1 | 15.0 | 12.2 | 12.8 | 10.0 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 115 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 182.8 | 170.3 | 188.7 | 189.0 | 188.6 | 138.5 | 137.7 | 163.3 | 126.7 | 136.0 | 153.5 | 165.7 | 1,940.8 |
| Source:Japan Meteorological Agency[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Per Japanese census data,[5] the population of Hanawa has been declining over the past 60 years.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1960 | 15,830 | — |
| 1970 | 13,592 | −14.1% |
| 1980 | 12,060 | −11.3% |
| 1990 | 11,926 | −1.1% |
| 2000 | 11,296 | −5.3% |
| 2010 | 9,884 | −12.5% |
| 2020 | 8,302 | −16.0% |
The area of present-day Hanawa was part of ancientMutsu Province. Part of the area formed part of the holdings ofTanagura Domain, and part wastenryō territory under direct control of theTokugawa Shogunate during theEdo period. After theMeiji Restoration, it was organized as part ofHigashishirakawa District within theNakadōri region ofIwaki Province.
Tsunetoyo Village was formed on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. It was elevated to town status on November 3, 1948, changing its name to Hanawa at that time. Hanawa annexed the neighboring villages of Sasahara, Ishii and Takagi in March 1955.
The economy of Hanawa is primarily agricultural. A major crop isKonjac.
Hanawa has three public elementary schools and one combined public middle/high school operated by the town government.
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