Komono | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Japan |
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Coordinates: | 35.0167°N 166°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Japan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Kansai |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Mie |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Mie |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Takayuki Shibata |
Area Total Km2: | 106.89 |
Population Total: | 41542 |
Population As Of: | September 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time |
Utc Offset1: | +9 |
Blank Name Sec1: | City Symbols |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | - Tree |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Zelkova serrata |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | - Bird |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Japanese bush warbler |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | - Beast |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Japanese serow |
Blank Name Sec2: | Phone number |
Blank Info Sec2: | 059-391-1111 |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Address |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | 1480 Komoro, Komoro-chō, Mie-gun, Mie-ken 510-1292 |
thumb|right|260px|Gozaisho Ropeway and Komono in distance is a town located in Mie Prefecture, Japan., the town had an estimated population of 41,542 in 16883 households and a population density of 390 persons per km2.[1] The total area of the town was 106.89sqkm.
Komono is located in the mountainous region of northern Mie Prefecture, bordering on Shiga Prefecture. Parts of the town are within the limits of the Suzuka Quasi-National Park.
Mie Prefecture
Shiga Prefecture
Komono has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Komono is 14.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1737 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.6 °C.[2]
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Komono has increased steadily over the past 60 years.
Komoro is located in ancient Ise Province and was the center of 12,000 koku Komono Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate, ruled by the Hijikata clan from 1600 until the Meiji restoration of 1871. In the establishment of municipalities under the Meiji government’s reforms, it became Komoro village within Mie District of Mie Prefecture on April 1, 1889. Komoro was elevated to town status in 1928.
Komono has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 18 members. Komono contributes two members to the Mie Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Mie 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
Komono has five public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the town government. The town has one public high school operated by the Mie Prefectural Board of Education..
20px Kintetsu Railway Kintetsu Railway – Yunoyama Line