Shichinohe, Aomori
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Shichinohe 七戸町 |
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Shichinohe Town Hall
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 Location of Shichinohe in Aomori Prefecture |
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 Shichinohe
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| Coordinates: 40°44′40.90″N 141°09′28.6″E / 40.7446944°N 141.157944°ECoordinates: 40°44′40.90″N 141°09′28.6″E / 40.7446944°N 141.157944°E | |||
| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Tōhoku | ||
| Prefecture | Aomori Prefecture | ||
| District | Kamikita | ||
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| • Total | 337.23 km2 (130.21 sq mi) | ||
| Population (January 31, 2017) | |||
| • Total | 16,268 | ||
| • Density | 48.2/km2 (125/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
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| • Tree | Ginkgo biloba | ||
| • Flower | Rhododendron | ||
| • Bird | Green pheasant | ||
| Phone number | 0176-68-2111 | ||
| Address | 131-4 Morinoue, Shichinohe-machi, Kitakami-gun,Aomori-ken 039-2792 | ||
| Website | www |
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Shichinohe (七戸町 Shichinohe-machi?) is a town located in Kamikita District of northeastern Aomori Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 31 January 2017[update], the town had an estimated population of 16,268 and a population density of 48.2 persons per km2, in 6,820 households. The total area of the town was 337.23 square kilometres (130.21 sq mi).
Shichinohe is in central Aomori Prefecture, bordering on the Hakkoda Mountains. The town has a cold humid climate characterized by cool short summers and long cold winters with heavy snowfall (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Shichinohe is 9.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1233 mm with September as the wettest month.The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around -2.1 °C.
Shichinohe began as one of a series of numbered fortified settlements established by the Nanbu clan in the late Heian period to control their new territories in Nukada District of northern Ōshū. Shichinohe Castle was controlled by a branch of the Nanbu clan for several generations until the end of Sengoku period, when in 1591 the Shichinohe Nanbu clan opposed the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the Kunohe Rebellion and were defeated. The clan survived as hatamoto under the main lineage of the Nanbu clan at Morioka Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Shichinohe Domain, a subsidiary domain of Morioka Domain was created in 1819.
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