Samegawa, Fukushima

Samegawa 鮫川村
Town
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Location of Samegawa in Fukushima Prefecture Location of Samegawa in Fukushima Prefecture
Samegawa
Coordinates:
Country	Japan
Region	Tōhoku
Prefecture	Fukushima Prefecture
District	Higashishirakawa District
Area
• Total	131.30 km2 (50.70 sq mi)
Population (November 2014)
• Total	3,665
• Density	27.9/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
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 HP

Samegawa (鮫川村, Samegawa-mura) is a village located in Higashishirakawa District, Fukushima Prefecture, in northern Honshū, Japan. As of November 2014, the village had an estimated population of 3,665 and a population density of 27.9 persons per km². The total area was 131.30  km².

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.

Neighboring municipalities

• Fukushima Prefecture
  • Iwaki
  • Hanawa
  • Tanagura
  • Ishikawa
  • Asakawa
  • Furudono

• Ibaraki Prefecture
  • Kitaibaraki

History

The area of present-day Samegawa was part of ancient Mutsu Province. Most of the area formed part of the holdings of Tanagura Domain, in the Edo period. After the Meiji Restoration, it was organized as part of Nakadōri region of Iwaki Province.

Modern Samegawa village was formed on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the municipalities system.

Education

High schools

• Fukushima Prefectural Shumei Commercial High School

Junior High school

• Samegawa Junior High School

Transportation

Railway

• Samegawa is not served by any train stations

Highway

• Japan National Route 289
• Japan National Route 349

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (Japanese)