Fukaura Town HallAerial view of Fukaura town center
Fukaura (深浦町, Fukaura-machi) is a town located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2023[update], the town had an estimated population of 7,268 in 3553 households,[1] and a population density of 15 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 488.85 km2 (188.75 sq mi).
The town has a hot humid continental climate (KöppenDfa) bordering on humid subtropical climate (Cfa) characterized by warm short summers and long cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Fukaura is 7.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1604 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.2 °C, and lowest in January, at around 0.0 °C.[3]
Climate data for Fukaura (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1940−present)
Per Japanese census data,[6] the population of Fukaura peaked at around the year 1960 and has decreased by more than half over the past 60 years. It is now considerably less than it was a century ago.
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1920
11,706
—
1930
12,492
+0.65%
1940
13,804
+1.00%
1950
19,645
+3.59%
1960
19,842
+0.10%
1970
18,157
−0.88%
1980
15,445
−1.60%
1990
13,335
−1.46%
2000
11,799
−1.22%
2010
9,691
−1.95%
2020
7,346
−2.73%
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History
The area around Fukaura was controlled by the Tsugaru clan of Hirosaki Domain during the Edo period. It became a village in Nishitsugaru District with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889, and was elevated to town status on April 1, 1926. On July 29, 1955, Fukura annexed the neighboring village of Otose. On March 31, 2005, it was merged with the neighboring village of Iwasaki.
Government
Fukaura has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town legislature of 12 members. Nishitsugaru District contributes one member to the Aomori Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Aomori 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
There is also a small tourism industry centered on the Shirakami Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage area, particularly the Juniko Lakes on its periphery.
Education
Fukaura has three public elementary schools and two public junior high schools operated by the town government and one public high school operated by the Aomori Prefectural Board of Education.
^"International Exchange". List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures. Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR). Retrieved 1 January 2017.
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