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Country
  
Japan

District
  
Inashiki

- Flower
  
Hydrangea macrophylla

Population
  
9,126 (Sep 2015)

Bird
  
Eurasian skylark

Region
  
Kantō

- Tree
  
Zelkova serrata

Area
  
44.3 km²

Local time
  
Saturday 4:57 PM

Prefecture
  
Ibaraki Prefecture

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Time zone
  
Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Weather
  
7°C, Wind N at 14 km/h, 45% Humidity

Kawachi (河内町, Kawachi-machi) is a town located in Inashiki District, Ibaraki Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. As of September 2015, the town had an estimated population of 9,126 and a population density of 206 persons per km². Its total area was 44.30 km².

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Map of Kawachi, Inashiki District, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Geography

Located in extreme southern Ibaraki Prefecture bordering Chiba Prefecture, Kawachi is long and narrow east-west, and bordered by the Tone River and Shin-Tone River.

Surrounding municipalities

  • Ibaraki Prefecture
  • Ryūgasaki
  • Inashiki
  • Tone
  • Chiba Prefecture
  • Narita
  • Sakae
  • Kōzaki

    • History

    The villages of Nagasao, Genseida, and Mamaita were created with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. The three villages were merged to form the village of Kawachi on April 1, 1955. On February 15, 1958, the neighboring village of Kanaetsu was annexed to Kawachi.

    Education

  • Kawachi has three elementary schools and two middle schools.

    • Railway

  • Kawachi is not served by any passenger train service. The nearest stations are Namegawa in neighboring Narita and Ryūgasaki in neighboring Ryūgasaki.

    • Highway

  • Japan National Route 408

    • References

    Kawachi, Ibaraki Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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