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Wake (和気町, Wake-chō) is a town located in Wake District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

Wake 和気町
Town
Wake Fuji Park
Flag Seal
Location of Wake in Okayama Prefecture
Wake Location in Japan
Coordinates: 34°48′N 134°9′E
Country	Japan
Region	Chūgoku San'yō
Prefecture	Okayama Prefecture
District	Wake
Area
• Total	144.21 km2 (55.68 sq mi)
Population  (October 1, 2016)
• Total	14,191
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
Climate	Cfa
Website	Official website

As of October 2016, the town has an estimated population of 14,191. The total area is 144.21 km².[1]

The town is famous in the region for the 'Wamojiyaki' festival that takes place every year on August 15 during the Obon period, and the town is also home to the largest Wisteria park in Japan.

On March 1, 2006 Wake was officially merged with the neighboring town of Saeki, also from Wake District. The newly merged town retains the name 'Wake'. Wake is also the sister town of Hanna, Alberta, Canada.

Geography

Climate

Wake has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Wake is 14.2 °C (57.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,208.1 mm (47.56 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.5 °C (79.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.9 °C (37.2 °F).[2] The highest temperature ever recorded in Wake was 37.9 °C (100.2 °F) on 8 August 2016; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.6 °C (12.9 °F) on 9 January 2021.[3]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Wake in 2020 is 13,623 people.[4] Wake has been conducting censuses since 1920.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1920 16,404 —     1925 16,745 +2.1% 1930 17,564 +4.9% 1935 16,755 −4.6% 1940 16,510 −1.5% 1945 21,949 +32.9% 1950 21,995 +0.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1955 21,637 −1.6% 1960 20,586 −4.9% 1965 19,009 −7.7% 1970 17,945 −5.6% 1975 18,385 +2.5% 1980 19,088 +3.8% 1985 18,827 −1.4%	Year Pop. ±% 1990 17,841 −5.2% 1995 17,227 −3.4% 2000 16,815 −2.4% 2005 16,180 −3.8% 2010 15,362 −5.1% 2015 14,412 −6.2% 2020 13,623 −5.5%
Wake population statistics[4]

References

External links

• Media related to Wake, Okayama at Wikimedia Commons
• Wake official website (in Japanese)

На других языках

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- [en] Wake, Okayama

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[ru] Ваке (посёлок)

Ваке (яп. 和気町 Вакэ-тё:) — посёлок в Японии, находящийся в уезде Ваке префектуры Окаяма. Площадь посёлка составляет 144,23 км²[1], население — 14 737 человек (1 августа 2014)[2], плотность населения — 102,18 чел./км².

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