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Okuizumo (奥出雲町, Okuizumo-chō) is a town located in Nita District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.

Okuizumo 奥出雲町
Town
Okuizumo Town Hall
Flag Seal
Location of Okuizumo in Shimane Prefecture
Okuizumo Location in Japan
Coordinates: 35°11′51″N 133°0′9″E
Country	Japan
Region	Chūgoku San'in
Prefecture	Shimane Prefecture
District	Nita
Area
• Total	368.06 km2 (142.11 sq mi)
Population  (March 1, 2017)
• Total	12,655
• Density	34/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
Climate	Cfa
Website	www.town.okuizumo.shimane.jp

It was formed on March 31, 2005 from the merger of the towns of Nita and Yokota.

As of March 1, 2017, the town has a population of 12,655 and a density of 34 persons per km². The area is 368.06 km².

History

The town of Okuizumo was one of the early centers of Tatara iron making method and remains the only modern site of it, producing a steel for the traditional Japanese swords.[1]

Nearby Komaki mine was used to produce tungsten from 1911 to 1984.[2]

Geography

Climate

Okuizumo has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with very warm summers and cool winters. Precipitation is abundant throughout the year. The average annual temperature in Okuizumo is 12.3 °C (54.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,754.6 mm (69.08 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.6 °C (76.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 0.7 °C (33.3 °F).[3] The highest temperature ever recorded in Okuizumo was 36.3 °C (97.3 °F) on 19 August 2010; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.1 °C (8.4 °F) on 28 February 1981.[4]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Okuizumo in 2020 is 11,849 people.[5] Okuizumo has been conducting censuses since 1920.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1920 21,431 —     1925 21,805 +1.7% 1930 22,303 +2.3% 1935 24,248 +8.7% 1940 25,198 +3.9% 1945 26,782 +6.3% 1950 27,908 +4.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1955 28,477 +2.0% 1960 26,820 −5.8% 1965 23,501 −12.4% 1970 20,878 −11.2% 1975 19,398 −7.1% 1980 19,057 −1.8% 1985 18,706 −1.8%	Year Pop. ±% 1990 18,100 −3.2% 1995 17,426 −3.7% 2000 16,689 −4.2% 2005 15,812 −5.3% 2010 14,458 −8.6% 2015 13,063 −9.6% 2020 11,849 −9.3%
Okuizumo population statistics[5]

References

External links

• Media related to Okuizumo, Shimane at Wikimedia Commons
• Okuizumo official website (in Japanese)

На других языках

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- [en] Okuizumo

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[ru] Окуидзумо

Окуидзумо (яп. 奥出雲町 Окуидзумо-тё:) — посёлок в Японии, находящийся в уезде Нита префектуры Симане. Площадь посёлка составляет 368,06 км²[1], население — 13 482 человека (1 августа 2014)[2], плотность населения — 36,63 чел./км².

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