| Ninohe | |||||||
| Native Name Lang: | ja | ||||||
| Settlement Type: | City | ||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Japan | ||||||
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| Coordinates: | 40.2713°N 141.3048°W | ||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
| Subdivision Name: | Japan | ||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Tōhoku | ||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture | ||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Iwate | ||||||
| Leader Title: | Mayor | ||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 420.42 | ||||||
| Population Total: | 26344 | ||||||
| Population As Of: | March 31, 2020 | ||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||
| Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time | ||||||
| Utc Offset1: | +9 | ||||||
| Blank Name Sec1: | Phone number | ||||||
| Blank Info Sec1: | 0195-23-3111 | ||||||
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Address | ||||||
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 47 Fukuoka Kawamata, Ninohe-shi, Iwate-ken 028-6192 | ||||||
| Blank Name Sec2: | Climate | ||||||
| Blank Info Sec2: | Dfa | ||||||
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is a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan., the city had an estimated population of 26,344, and a population density of 63 persons per km2 in 11,803 households.[1] The total area of the city is 420.42sqkm.
Ninohe is located in far north-center Iwate Prefecture, bordered by Aomori Prefecture to the north. The northern end of the Kitakami Mountains, the 852.2 meter Mount Oritsume is in Ninohe. Approximately 70% of the city area is mountainous and forested. The upper reaches of the Mabechi River flows through the city. A portion of the city is within the borders of the Oritsume Basenkyō Prefectural Natural Park.
Aomori Prefecture
Iwate Prefecture
Ninohe has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ninohe is 9.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1248 mm with September as the wettest month and February as the driest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around -2.4 °C.[2]
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Ninohe peaked around the year 1960 and has steadily declined over the past 60 years.
The area of present-day Ninohe was part of ancient Mutsu Province, and has been settled since at least the Jōmon period. Many Jōmon and Kofun period remains have been found. Inhabited by the Emishi tribes, the Nihon Shoki describes the penetration of the area by forces of the imperial dynasty in the late Nara period; however, it was not under effective control of the central government until the mid-Heian period. The area was dominated by the Nanbu clan from the early Muromachi period, and was named for one of the nine numbered stockades, or fortified ranches, that established to secure this frontier area. During the Edo period, the area was under the control of Morioka Domain.
In the early Meiji period, the town of Fukuoka and the villages of Jōbōji, Kindaichi, Gohenchi, Tomai, Ishikiridokoro, and Nisattai were established within Ninohe District on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. Jōbōji was elevated to town status on December 25, 1940. Gohenchi, Tomai, Ishikiridokoro, and Nisattai merged with Fukuoka on March 10, 1955. The modern city was founded on April 1, 1972, with the merger of the town of Fukuoka with the village of Kindaichi. On January 1, 2006, the city of Ninohe annexed the town of Jōbōji.
Ninohe has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 18 members. Ninohe, and the town of Ichinohe contribute two seats to the Iwate Prefectural legislature. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Iwate 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
The local economy of Ninohe is based on agriculture and food processing. Local produce include apples, dairy products and hops.
Ninohe has eight public elementary schools and four middle schools operated by the city government, and two public high schools operated by the Iwate Prefectural Board of Education. There is also a prefectural vocational school, and a special education school for the handicapped operated by the prefectural government.
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