| Ōhira | |||||
| Native Name Lang: | ja | ||||
| Settlement Type: | Village | ||||
| Pushpin Map: | Japan | ||||
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| Coordinates: | 38.4673°N 140.8798°W | ||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||
| Subdivision Name: | Japan | ||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Tōhoku | ||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture | ||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Miyagi | ||||
| Subdivision Type3: | District | ||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Kurokawa | ||||
| Leader Title: | Mayor | ||||
| Area Total Km2: | 60.32 | ||||
| Population Total: | 5918 | ||||
| Population As Of: | May 31, 2020 | ||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||
| Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time | ||||
| Utc Offset1: | +9 | ||||
| Blank Name Sec1: | Phone number | ||||
| Blank Info Sec1: | 022-345-5111 | ||||
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Address | ||||
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 62 Hirabayashi, Ōhira-mura, Kurokawa-gun, Miyagi-ken 981-3692 | ||||
| Blank Name Sec2: | Climate | ||||
| Blank Info Sec2: | Cfa | ||||
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thumb|Site of Ōhira Castle
is a village located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan., the village had an estimated population of 5,918, and a population density of 98 persons per km2 in 2108 households.[1] The total area of the village is 60.32sqkm.
Ōhira is located near the geographic centre of Miyagi Prefecture, north of Sendai.
Miyagi Prefecture
The village has a climate characterized by cool summers and long cold winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Ōhira is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around, and lowest in January, at around .
Per Japanese census data,[2] the population of Ōhira has remained relatively stable over the past 70 years.
The area of present-day Ōhira was part of ancient Mutsu Province, and has been settled since at least the Jōmon period by the Emishi people. Per the Shoku Nihongi, following an earthquake in the year 715 AD, a large number of people migrated to this area from the southern Kantō region, forming numerous fortified settlements. During the Sengoku period, the area was contested by various samurai clans before the area came under the control of the Date clan of Sendai Domain during the Edo period, under the Tokugawa shogunate.
The village of Ōhira was created within Kurokawa District, Miyagi Prefecture after the Meiji restoration on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system.
Ōhira has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral village of 11 members. Ōhira, together with the rest of Kurokawa District and the city of Tomiya collectively contributes two seats to the Miyagi Prefectural legislature. In terms of national politics, the village is part of Miyagi 4th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
The economy of Ōhira is largely based on agriculture, primarily the cultivation of rice. Toyota opened a new assembly plant in Ōhira on February 17, 2011, its first new plant in Japan in 18 years. The plant, (belonging to Central Motors), employing 900 people, assembles the Toyota Yaris and Corolla for both the domestic market and North America, with a capacity of 120,000 vehicles a year.[3] [4]
Ōhira has one public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.
Ōhira does not have any passenger railway service.