| Katashina | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Japan#Japan Gunma Prefecture |
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| Coordinates: | 36.7725°N 139.2252°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Japan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kantō |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gunma |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Tone |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Area Total Km2: | 391.76 |
| Population Total: | 4314 |
| Population As Of: | October 31, 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time |
| Utc Offset1: | +9 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | City symbols |
| Blank Info Sec1: | |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | • Tree |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Silver birch |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | • Flower |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Asian skunk-cabbage |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | • Bird |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Copper pheasant |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Phone number |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 0278-58-2111 |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Address |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 3967-3 Kamata, Katashina-mura, Tone-gun, Gunma-ken 378-0498 |
is a village located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan., the village had an estimated population of 4,314 in 1694 households,[1] and a population density of 11 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 391.76sqkm. m2. Much of the village is within the borders of Oze National Park.
Located in northern Gunma, Katashina is bordered by Tochigi Prefecture to the east and Fukushima Prefecture to the northeast. The village is very mountainous, with the highest elevation being 2578 m and the lowest 640 m. The temperature can reach up to 36 °C in the summer, but in the winter, it can drop to -18 °C. The average temperature is 11 °C, the yearly precipitation is 1042 mm, and amount of snowfall is 95 cm, with the snowy period lasting for 120 days.[2]
Katashina has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall.[3]
Per Japanese census data,[4] the population of Katashina has decreased by more than half over the past 60 years.
The area of present-day Katashina was part of the tenryō holdings within Kōzuke Province administered directly by the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period. On April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system after the Meiji Restoration, Katashina village was established within Tone District, Gunma.
Katashina has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral village council of ten members. Katashina, together with the other municipalities in Tone District, contributes one member to the Gunma Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Gunma 1st district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
The economy of Katashina is heavily dependent on seasonal tourism to ski resorts and to onsen hot springs.
Katashina has one public elementary school and one public middle school operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.
Katashina does not have any passenger railway service.