| Kamikitayama | |||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | ja | ||||||||
| Settlement Type: | Village | ||||||||
| Seal Type: | Chapter | ||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Japan | ||||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Japan | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 34.1333°N 136°W | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name: | Japan | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Kansai | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Nara Prefecture | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type3: | District | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Yoshino | ||||||||
| Extinct Title: | Now part of | ||||||||
| Leader Title: | Mayor | ||||||||
| Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor | ||||||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 274.05 | ||||||||
| Population Total: | 486 | ||||||||
| Population As Of: | October 1, 2016 | ||||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||||
| Timezone1: | JST | ||||||||
| Utc Offset1: | +09:00 | ||||||||
| Blank Name Sec1: | City hall address | ||||||||
| Blank Info Sec1: | 330 Kawai, Kamikitayama-mura, Nara-ken 639-3701 | ||||||||
| Blank Name Sec2: | Climate | ||||||||
| Blank Info Sec2: | Cfa | ||||||||
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is a village located in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
As of October 1, 2016, the village has an estimated population of 486. The total area is 274.05 km2.
The village has an aging population. Between 2002 and 2007 the population declined by 15.6%. This trend has continued. It is one of the villages expected to be extinct by 2040.
Kamikitayama has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with hot summers and cool to cold winters. Precipitation is significantly higher in summer than in winter, though on the whole lower than most parts of Honshū. There is no significant snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kamikitayama is . The average annual rainfall is with September the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around, and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Kamikitayama was on 17 August 2020; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 28 February 1981.
Per Japanese census data, the population of Kamikitayama in 2020 is 444 people. The population has been consistently declining over the last 50 years. Kamikitayama has been conducting censuses since 1920.
As of 2012 the two schools have a combined student population of 27. Even with such a small student body, in 2009 the village began employing an ALT(Assistant Language Teacher) of English from the JET Programme to live and work in village.