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Kusu (玖珠町, Kusu-machi) is a town located in Kusu District, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. As of March 2017, the town has an estimated population of 15,954.[1] The total area is 286.44 km².

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Kusu 玖珠町
Town
Kusu Town
Flag Chapter
Location of Kusu in Ōita Prefecture
Kusu Location in Japan
Coordinates: 33°17′N 131°9′E
Country	Japan
Region	Kyushu
Prefecture	Ōita Prefecture
District	Kusu
Government
• Mayor	Masakazu Shukuri
Area
• Total	286.44 km2 (110.60 sq mi)
Population  (March 31, 2017)
• Total	15,954
• Density	56/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
Climate	Cfa
Website	www.town.kusu.oita.jp
Symbols
Flower	Rhododendron japonicum
Tree	Camphor Japanese zelkova

Geography

Neighbouring municipalities

• Ōita Prefecture
  • Hita
  • Nakatsu
  • Usa
  • Kokonoe
• Kumamoto Prefecture
  • Oguni

Climate

Kusu has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with hot summers and cool winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is somewhat lower in winter. The average annual temperature in Kusu is 14.1 °C (57.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,878.0 mm (73.94 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.7 °C (78.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.5 °C (36.5 °F).[2] The highest temperature ever recorded in Kusu was 38.8 °C (101.8 °F) on 18 July 1994; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.7 °C (5.5 °F) on 3 February 2012.[3]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Kusu in 2020 is 14,386 people.[4] Kusu has been conducting censuses since 1920.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1920 19,064 —     1925 19,890 +4.3% 1930 20,515 +3.1% 1935 22,093 +7.7% 1940 21,685 −1.8% 1945 27,110 +25.0% 1950 27,782 +2.5%	Year Pop. ±% 1955 28,622 +3.0% 1960 28,300 −1.1% 1965 25,565 −9.7% 1970 23,828 −6.8% 1975 22,369 −6.1% 1980 22,775 +1.8% 1985 22,079 −3.1%	Year Pop. ±% 1990 20,907 −5.3% 1995 19,659 −6.0% 2000 18,988 −3.4% 2005 18,276 −3.7% 2010 17,057 −6.7% 2015 15,823 −7.2% 2020 14,386 −9.1%
Kusu population statistics[4]

Transportation

Railways

• JR Kyushu
  • Kyūdai Main Line: Sugikawachi - Kita-Yamada - Bungo-Mori

Expressways

• Ōita Expressway
• Japan National Route 210
• Japan National Route 387

Notable people from Kusu

• Seishiro Etō, politician
• Kurushima Takehiko, former children's literature author

References

External links

• Media related to Kusu, Ōita at Wikimedia Commons
• Kusu official website (in Japanese)

На других языках

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- [en] Kusu, Ōita

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[ru] Кусу (посёлок)

Кусу (яп. 玖珠町 Кусу-мати) — посёлок в Японии, находящийся в уезде Кусу префектуры Оита. Площадь посёлка составляет 286,44 км²[1], население — 15 965 человек (1 августа 2014)[2], плотность населения — 55,74 чел./км².

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