Kodaira 小平市 | |
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 Kodaira City Hall | |
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 Location of Kodaira in Tokyo | |
  Kodaira | |
| Coordinates:35°43′42.6″N139°28′38.8″E / 35.728500°N 139.477444°E /35.728500; 139.477444 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kantō |
| Prefecture | Tokyo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yōko Kobayashi (since April 2021) |
| Area | |
• Total | 20.51 km2 (7.92 sq mi) |
| Population (April 2021) | |
• Total | 195,207 |
| • Density | 9,518/km2 (24,650/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Symbols | |
| • Tree | Zelkova serrata |
| • Flower | Azalea |
| • Bird | Japanese pygmy woodpecker |
| Phone number | 042-341-1211 |
| Address | 2-1333 Ogawa, Kodaira-shi, Tokyo 187-8701 |
| Website | Official website |
Kodaira (小平市,Kodaira-shi) is acity located in thewestern portion of theTokyo Metropolis,Japan. As of 1 April 2021[update], the city had an estimatedpopulation of 195,207 in 93,654 households, and apopulation density of 9500 persons per km2.[1] The total area of the city was 20.51 square kilometres (7.92 sq mi).
Kodaira is located in theMusashino Terrace near the geographic centre of Tokyo Metropolis.
Kodaira has ahumid subtropical climate (KöppenCfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kodaira is 14.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1647 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.6 °C.[2]
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Kodaira increased rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s and has continued to grow at a slower rate in the decades since.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1920 | 6,068 | — |
| 1930 | 6,558 | +8.1% |
| 1940 | 8,674 | +32.3% |
| 1950 | 21,659 | +149.7% |
| 1960 | 52,923 | +144.3% |
| 1970 | 137,373 | +159.6% |
| 1980 | 154,610 | +12.5% |
| 1990 | 164,013 | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 178,623 | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 187,035 | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 198,739 | +6.3% |
The area of present-day Kodaira was part of ancientMusashi Province, but was a largely unpopulated area under the opening of theTamagawa Aqueduct in theEdo period made agriculture possible. In the post-Meiji Restoration cadastral reform of July 22, 1878, the area became part of Kitatama District inKanagawa Prefecture. The village of Kodaira was created on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. Kitatama District was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1893. The population of the area expanded after the1923 Great Kantō earthquake with the relocation of universities and housing areas from central Tokyo. Kodaira was elevated to town status in 1944 and to city status on October 1, 1962.
Kodaira has amayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and aunicameral city council of 28 members. Kodaira contributes two members to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part ofTokyo 18th district of thelower house of theDiet of Japan.The current mayor is Yoko Kobayashi(ja:小林洋子)(since April 11, 2021).[4]
TheTokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates three public high schools. There is also one special education school for the handicapped.
Kodaira has 19 public elementary school and eight public junior high schools.
Public junior high schools:[5]
Public elementary schools:[6]
There are two private elementary schools, three private junior high schools, and three private high schools.
Seibu Railway -Seibu Shinjuku Line
Seibu Railway -Seibu Tamako Line
Seibu Railway -Seibu Kokubunji Line
Seibu Railway -Seibu Haijima Line
Kodaira is not served by any national highways or expressways.
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