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Samegawa

鮫川村
Samegawa 鮫川村
Village
	Samegawa Village Hall
	Flag Seal
	Location of Samegawa in Fukushima Prefecture
	Samegawa
	Coordinates: 37°02′32.6″N 140°30′34.65″E / 37.042389°N 140.5096250°E
Country	Japan
Region	Tōhoku
Prefecture	Fukushima
District	Higashishirakawa
Area
• Total	131.34 km2 (50.71 sq mi)
Population (January 2020)
• Total	3,081
• Density	23/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
City symbols
• Tree	White birch
• Flower	Lilium auratum
• Bird	Green pheasant
• Insect	Sasakia charonda
Phone number	0247-49-3111
Address	39-5 Akasaka Nakano Shinjuku, Tanagura, Samegawa-mura, Higashishirakawa-gun, Fukushima-ken 963-8401
Website	Official website

Samegawa (鮫川村, Samegawa-mura) is a village located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2020^[update], the village had an estimated population of 3,081 in 1107 households,^[1] and a population density of 23 persons per km². The total area of the village was 131.34 square kilometres (50.7 sq mi).

Geography

Samegawa is located in the southernmost portion of Fukushima prefecture, bordering on Ibaraki Prefecture to the southeast. The area of the village is hilly with an altitude of between 400 and 600 meters, and over fifty percent covered in forest. Samegawa has a humid climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Samegawa is 10.5 °C (50.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,500 mm (59 in) with September as the wettest month.^[2]

Neighboring municipalities

Fukushima Prefecture
- Iwaki
- Hanawa
- Tanagura
- Ishikawa
- Asakawa
- Furudono
Ibaraki Prefecture
- Kitaibaraki

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[3] the population of Samegawa peaked around the year 1950 and has been in decline over the past 70 years.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1920	5,919	—
1930	6,312	+6.6%
1940	6,676	+5.8%
1950	8,077	+21.0%
1960	7,926	−1.9%
1970	6,404	−19.2%
1980	5,537	−13.5%
1990	5,219	−5.7%
2000	4,602	−11.8%
2010	3,989	−13.3%
2020	3,049	−23.6%

Climate

Samegawa has a humid climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Samegawa is 10.5 °C (50.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,500 mm (59 in) with September being the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.6 °C (72.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around −0.5 °C (31.1 °F).^[4]

History

The area of present-day Samegawa was part of ancient Mutsu Province. After the Meiji Restoration, it was organized as part of Higashishirakawa in the Nakadōri region of Iwaki Province. Samegawa village was formed on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system.

Education

Samegawa has two public elementary schools and one public junior high school operated by the village government, and one public high school operated by the Fukushima Prefectural Board of Education.