| Tatebayashi | |||
| Native Name Lang: | ja | ||
| Settlement Type: | City | ||
| Image Blank Emblem: | Emblem of Tatebayashi, Gunma.svg | ||
| Blank Emblem Type: | Emblem | ||
| Pushpin Map: | Japan | ||
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| Coordinates: | 36.2448°N 139.5421°W | ||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||
| Subdivision Name: | Japan | ||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||
| Subdivision Name1: | Kantō | ||
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture | ||
| Subdivision Name2: | Gunma | ||
| Leader Title: | Mayor | ||
| Leader Name: | Tada Yoshihiro (since April 2021) | ||
| Area Total Km2: | 60.97 | ||
| Population Total: | 74,027 | ||
| Population As Of: | February 2024 | ||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||
| Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time | ||
| Utc Offset1: | +9 | ||
| Blank Name Sec1: | Phone number | ||
| Blank Info Sec1: | 0276-72-4111 | ||
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Address | ||
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 1-1 Shiromachi, Tatebayashi-shi, Gunma-ken 374-8501 | ||
| Blank Name Sec2: | Climate | ||
| Blank Info Sec2: | Cfa | ||
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right|thumb|250px|Tsutsujigaoka Koen, or Azalea Park in Tatebayashi is a city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan., the city had an estimated population of 74,027 in 34,486 households,[1] and a population density of 1200 people per km². The total area of the city is 60.97sqkm. Tatebayashi is famous for Azalea Hill Park and Bunbuku Chagama of Morin-ji temple.
Tatebayashi is located in the extreme southeastern portion of Gunma Prefecture in the Kantō Plains, bordered by Tochigi Prefecture to the north. The Tone River and Watarase Rivers sandwich the city to the north and south.
Tatebayashi has a Humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Tatebayashi is 14.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1287 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.3 °C.[2]
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Tatebayashi has recently plateaued after a long period of growth. There is a small community of around 200 Rohingya from Myanmar living in Tatebayashi.[4] [5]
Tatebayashi is located within traditional Kōzuke Province and has been settled since prehistoric times aTere is a continuous record of habitation from the Japanese Paleolithic period 20,000 years ago. During the Edo period, the area of present-day Tatebayashi was a castle town and administrative center of Tatebayashi Domain, a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate.
Tatebayashi Town was created within Ōra District, Gunma Prefecture on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system after the Meiji Restoration. On April 1, 1954 the town of Tatebayashi and the villages of Satoya, Ōshima, Akabane, Rokugō, Minoya, Tatara, and Watarase merged to form the city Tatebayashi.
Tatebayashi has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 18 members. Tatebayashi contributes two members to the Gunma Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Gunma 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
Tatebayashi is a regional commercial center and transportation hub. Food processing dominates the manufacturing sector of the local economy.
Tatebayashi has 11 public elementary schools and five public middle schools operated by the city government, and two public high schools operated by the Gunma Prefectural Board of Education. There is also one private high school.
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