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Oyabe, Toyama

Coordinates: 36°40′31.9″N 136°52′7.3″E / 36.675528°N 136.868694°E / 36.675528; 136.868694
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Oyabe
小矢部市
Oyabe City Hall
Oyabe City Hall
Flag of Oyabe
Official logo of Oyabe
Location of Oyabe in Toyama Prefecture
Location of Oyabe in Toyama Prefecture
Oyabe is located in Japan
Oyabe
Oyabe
 
Coordinates: 36°40′31.9″N 136°52′7.3″E / 36.675528°N 136.868694°E / 36.675528; 136.868694
Country Japan
RegionChūbu
Prefecture Toyama
Government
 • MayorMorio Sakurai
Area
 • Total
134.07 km2 (51.76 sq mi)
Population
 (March 31, 2018)
 • Total
30,328
 • Density230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (JST)
Postal code
932-8611
Symbols 
• TreeCryptomeria japonica
• FlowerIris ensata
• Flowering treePrunus mume
Phone number0766-67-1760
Address1-1 Honmachi, Oyabe-shi, Toyama-ken
WebsiteOfficial website

Oyabe (小矢部市, Oyabe-shi) is a city in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 March 2018, the city had an estimated population of 30,328 in 10,331 households.[1] and a population density of 230 persons per km2. Its total area was 134.07 square kilometres (51.76 sq mi).[citation needed]

Geography

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Oyabe is in the Tonami flatlands of far western Toyama Prefecture, and is bordered by Ishikawa Prefecture to the west. Much of the area is a dispersed settlement typical of this region of Japan. Oyabe has a humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Oyabe is 14.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2454 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.7 °C.[2]

Surrounding municipalities

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Demographics

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Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Oyabe has declined in recent decades.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1970 35,367—    
1980 36,497+3.2%
1990 36,374−0.3%
2000 34,625−4.8%
2010 32,067−7.4%
2020 28,983−9.6%

History

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The area of present-day Oyabe was part of ancient Etchū Province and developed as a post station on the Hokuriku kaidō highway during the Edo period. The town of Isurugi was created with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. It was raised to city status upon merging with the town of Tochu on August 1, 1962, and was renamed Oyabe.[citation needed]

Government

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Oyabe has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 16 members.

Education

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Oyabe has five public elementary schools and four public junior high schools operated by the town government, and three public high schools operated by the Toyama Prefectural Board of Education.[4]

Transportation

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Railway

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  • Ainokaze Toyama Railway
    • ‹See TfM›Isurugi

Highway

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Local attractions

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  • Oyabe Yotaka - adapted from a traditional field festival, it is held on the nights of 10 and 11 June. The festival is 400 years old and has been passed down from generation to generation in 84 different locations in Oyabe.
  • Helicopter and Disaster Prevention Festival, held from 26–27 August
  • Calamus Festival (Flower Festival), held on 18 June
  • Mitsui Outlet Park, Hokuriku Oyabe

Notable people from Oyabe

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Oyabe travel guide from Wikivoyage

References

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