Kawakami, Nara
Village in Kansai, Japan
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Tree | Yoshino Cedar (Cryptomeria) |
Kawakami (川上村, Kawakami-mura) is a village located in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
As of March 2017, the village has an estimated population of 1,498 and a density of 5.6 persons per km2. The total area is 269.26 km2.[1]
History
Between 1991 and 2016, no families in Sogio district had a birth.[2]
Sister City
Education
The village has an elementary school, Kawakami Elementary School (川上村立川上小学校), and a junior high school, Kawakami Junior High School (川上村立川上中学校).[3]
Notable people from Kawakami
- Daimanazuru Kenji, former sumo wrestler
References
- ^ "Official website of Kawakami Village" (in Japanese). Japan: Kawakami Village. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ Ripley, Will; Ogura, Junko; Sugiura, Natsumi (2023-03-17). "This community's quarter century without a newborn shows the scale of Japan's population crisis". CNN. Retrieved 2023-03-18. - The article text identifies this Kawakami as the one in Nara Prefecture.
- ^ "川上村立川上小学校" (in Japanese). Kawakami. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
External links
- Media related to Kawakami, Nara at Wikimedia Commons
- Kawakami official website (in Japanese)
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