Hashimoto, Wakayama

Coordinates: 34°19′N 135°36′E / 34.317°N 135.600°E / 34.317; 135.600
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Hashimoto
橋本市
City
Hashimoto City Hall
Hashimoto City Hall
sakura
Hashimoto city center in 2012 aerial photograph

Hashimoto (橋本市, Hashimoto-shi) is a city located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 November 2021, the city had an estimated population of 61,063 in 27,392 households and a population density of 470 persons per km2.[1] The total area of the city is 130.55 square kilometres (50.41 sq mi).

Geography

Hashimoto is located near the prefectural border at the northeastern end of Wakayama Prefecture, bordering

Kudoyama. Because it is close to the plate boundary on the south coast of Honshu, the mountains near Hashimoto are steep; the city is located between the Kongō Mountains and Kisen Mountains in the north and the Kii Mountains in the south. Hashimoto is on the middle of the Kinokawa River. In addition, Hashimoto City is located directly above the Japan Median Tectonic Line, which is a large fault
that runs east to west in western Japan.

Neighboring municipalities

Wakayama Prefecture

Nara Prefecture

Osaka Prefecture

Climate

Hashimoto has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hashimoto is 13.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1781 mm with September as the wettest month.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,[2] the population of Hashimoto peaked at around the year 2000 and has declined slightly since.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1920 32,483—    
1930 35,880+10.5%
1940 37,178+3.6%
1950 46,516+25.1%
1960 47,309+1.7%
1970 49,747+5.2%
1980 52,616+5.8%
1990 62,156+18.1%
2000 70,469+13.4%
2010 66,362−5.8%

History

The area of the modern city of Hashimoto was within ancient

Meiji period, sericulture and silk textiles became an important part of the local economy, but they have now disappeared. The village of Hashimoto was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889, and was raised to town status on May 10, 1894. On January 1, 1955, Hashimoto merged with the neighboring villages of Kishikami, Yamada, Kimi, Suda, and Kamuro to form the city of Hashimoto. On March 1, 2006, the town of Kōyaguchi (from Ito District
) was merged into Hashimoto.

Government

Hashimoto has a

Diet of Japan
.

Economy

The mainstay of the local economy is

bedroom community
.

Education

Hashimoto has fifteen public elementary schools and five public middle schools operated by the city government, in addition to two public high schools and two combined public middle/high schools operated by the Wakayama Prefectural Department of Education. The city also has one private middle school and one private high school. The city also has one private combined elementary/middle school and one private combined middle/high school.

Transportation

Railway

JR West – Wakayama Line

Nankai Kōya Line

Highway

Notable people from Hashimoto

References

  1. ^ "Hashimoto city official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.
  2. ^ Hashimoto population statistics

External links

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