Minakami, Gunma
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Minakami みなかみ町 |
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Minakami town hall
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 Location of Minakami in Gunma Prefecture |
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 Minakami
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| Coordinates: 36°40′42.8″N 138°59′56.9″E / 36.678556°N 138.999139°ECoordinates: 36°40′42.8″N 138°59′56.9″E / 36.678556°N 138.999139°E | |||
| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Kantō | ||
| Prefecture | Gunma Prefecture | ||
| District | Tone | ||
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| • Total | 781.08 km2 (301.58 sq mi) | ||
| Population (February 2015) | |||
| • Total | 19,572 | ||
| • Density | 25.1/km2 (65/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
| - Tree | Siebold’s beech | ||
| - Flower | Kerria japonica | ||
| - Bird | Japanese bush-warbler | ||
| Phone number | 0278-62-2111 | ||
| Address | 318 Gokan, Minakami-mura, Tone-gun, Gunma-ken 379-1393 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Minakami (みなかみ町 Minakami-machi?) is a town located in Tone District of far northern Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan. As of February 2015, the town had an estimated population of 19,572 and a population density of 25.1 persons per km². Its total area was 781.08 km². Much of the town is within the borders of Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park.
Located in northern Gunma, Minakami is bordered by Niigata Prefecture to the north. The town is very mountainous.
The Mikuni Kaidō connecting Takasaki with Niigata from the Heian period onwards passed through area of present-day Minakami, with nine post stations. The area was contested between the competing Uesugi, Takeda and Sanada clans during the Sengoku period. During the Edo period, it was partly under the control of Numata Domain , with the remainder as part of the tenryō holdings within Kōzuke Province administered directly by the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period. On April 1, 1889 with the creation of the municipalities system after the Meiji Restoration, Minakami village was established within Tone District, Gunma. It was raised to town status on August 10, 1947. On October 1, 2005, the town of Tsukiyono and the village of Niiharu were merged into Minakami.
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