Taiwa, Miyagi

Taiwa

大和町
Taiwa 大和町
Town
	Nanatsu Mori Forest, Omatsuzawa, Sasakurayama, Miyatoko Dam, Minamikawa Dam
	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- Tree	Maple
- Flower	Azalea
Phone number	022-345-1111
Address	1-1 Yoshioka Nishi-Enoki, Taiwa-chō, Kurokawa-gun, Miyagi-ken 981-3680
Website	Official website

Taiwa (大和町, Taiwa-chō) is a

town located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 May 2020, the town had an estimated population of 28,436, and a population density of 130 persons per km² in 12,016 households.^[1]

The total area of the town is 225.49 square kilometres (87.06 sq mi).

Geography

Taiwa is located in central Miyagi Prefecture, bordered to the south by the metropolis of Sendai. Much of the area of the town is forested.

Neighboring municipalities

Miyagi Prefecture

Sendai

Tomiya
Ōsaki
Ōsato
Shikama
Rifu

Climate

The town has a climate characterized by cool summers and long cold winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Taiwa is 11.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1292 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around -0.3 °C.^[2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[3] the population of Taiwa has grown over the past 50 years.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1920	12,960	—
1930	13,882	+7.1%
1940	14,872	+7.1%
1950	19,206	+29.1%
1960	20,163	+5.0%
1970	18,028	−10.6%
1980	18,662	+3.5%
1990	18,814	+0.8%
2000	24,419	+29.8%
2010	28,244	+15.7%
2020	28,786	+1.9%

History

The area of present-day Taiwa was part of ancient

Meiji restoration

, the town of Yoshioka was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system.

The town of Taiwa was created on April 20, 1955, as a result of a

merger between the town of Yoshioka, and the villages of Miyatoko, Yoshida, Tsurusu, and Ochiai, all within Kurokawa District

.

Government

Taiwa has a

Diet of Japan

.

Economy

Taiwa contains a number of industrial parks, and has a strong manufacturing base.

Education

Miyagi University
Taiwa has six public elementary schools and two public high schools operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Miyagi Prefectural Board of Education.