Namerikawa, Toyama

Coordinates: 36°45′51.7″N 137°20′28.2″E / 36.764361°N 137.341167°E / 36.764361; 137.341167
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Namerikawa
滑川市
City
Namerikawa City Hall
Namerikawa City Hall
UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Symbols 
• TreePine
• FlowerChrysanthemum morifolium
• Flowering TreeRhododendron
• FishFirefly squid
Phone number076-475-2111
AddressJikei-machi 104, Namerikawa-shi, Toyama-ken 936-8601
Websitewww.city.namerikawa.toyama.jp
Firefly Squid Museum in Namerikawa

Namerikawa (滑川市, Namerikawa-shi) is a

Special Natural Monument
by the Japanese government. The city was founded on March 1, 1954.

Geography

Namerikawa is in northeastern Toyama Prefecture, in the Hayatsuki river delta and is bordered by the

Toyama. The city area is formed on the alluvial fan between the Hayatsuki River and the Kamiichi River. Namerikawa has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Namerikawa is 13.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2317 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.6 °C.[4]

Surrounding municipalities

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,[5] the population of Namerikawa has remained relatively steady over the past 50 years.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1970 30,039—    
1980 30,744+2.3%
1990 30,923+0.6%
2000 33,363+7.9%
2010 33,676+0.9%
2020 32,349−3.9%
2021 33,102[6]+2.3%
2022 33,039[7]−0.2%
2023 32,878[8]−0.5%
2024 32,728[9]−0.5%

History

The area of present-day Namerikawa was part of ancient Etchū Province. During the Heian period, much of the area was part of shōen controlled by Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto. During the Edo period it was part of the territory controlled by the Maeda clan of Kaga Domain. The town of Namerkawa was created within Nakaniikawa District, Toyama with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On November 1, 1953, Namerigawa merged with the neighboring villages of Nakakazumi, Higashikazumi, Nishikazumi, Kitakazumi, Hamakazumi and Hayatsukikazumi. It was raised to city status on March 1, 1954.

Government

Namerikawa has a

unicameral
city legislature of 15 members.

Economy

Once a rural town in the overlooking Toyama bay, then prospering as

bedroom community
for nearby Uozu.

Education

Namekawa has seven public elementary schools and two public junior high schools operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Toyama Prefectural Board of Education.

Transportation

Railway

Highway

Local attractions

  • To promote firefly-squid-themed eco-tourism and education, the world's only firefly squid museum opened in March 1998.

Sister cities

Namerikawa has several

sister cities
:

References

  1. ^ https://www.city.namerikawa.toyama.jp/material/files/group/2/20240101_population.csv
  2. ^ https://www.city.namerikawa.toyama.jp/soshiki/dx/opendata/population.html
  3. ^ http://www.city.namerikawa.toyama.jp/ Official statistics from home page](in Japanese)
  4. ^ Namerikawa climate data
  5. ^ Namerikawa population statistics
  6. ^ https://www.city.namerikawa.toyama.jp/material/files/group/9/20210101_population.csv
  7. ^ https://www.city.namerikawa.toyama.jp/material/files/group/4/20220101_population.csv
  8. ^ https://www.city.namerikawa.toyama.jp/material/files/group/4/20230101_population.csv
  9. ^ https://www.city.namerikawa.toyama.jp/soshiki/dx/opendata/population.html

External links

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