• Source: Ueno, Gunma

      • Ueno (上野村, Ueno-mura) is a village located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2020, the village had an estimated population of 1,149 in 571 households, and a population density of 6.3 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 181.85 square kilometres (70.21 sq mi). The village has the lowest population density of any municipality in Japan.


      Geography


      Ueno is located in the extreme mountainous southwestern portion of Gunma Prefecture, bordered by Saitama Prefecture to the south and Nagano Prefecture to the west.

      Mountains
      Mount Suwa
      Mount Osutaka (1639m)
      Mount Takamagahara (1979m)
      Rivers
      Kanna River


      = Surrounding municipalities

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      Gunma Prefecture

      Kanna
      Nanmoku
      Nagano Prefecture

      Kawakami
      Kitaaiki
      Minamiaiki
      Sakuho
      Saitama Prefecture

      Chichibu
      Ogano


      = Climate

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      Ueno has a Humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ueno is 8.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1479 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 20.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around -4.2 °C.


      Demographics


      Per Japanese census data, the population of Ueno peaked in the 1950s and is now only a quarter of what it was a century ago.


      History


      During the Edo period, the area of present-day Ueno was part of the tenryō territory administered directly by the Tokugawa shogunate in Kōzuke Province.
      Ueno village was established within Minamikanra District, Gunma Prefecture on April 1, 1889, with the creation of the modern municipalities system after the Meiji Restoration. In 1896, Minamikanra District was united with Midono and Tago Districts to create Tano District. On August 12, 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123, heading from Haneda Airport to Itami Airport, crashed into an area within the Ueno Village limits, killing 520 people in the world's deadliest single-aircraft aviation accident.
      The village rejected the central's governments directives on Municipal mergers and dissolutions in Japan. Despite its depopulation, revenue from Ueno Dam and the Tokyo Electric Kannagawa Power Station give the local government the highest financial strength index in the prefecture.


      Government


      Ueno has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of eight members. Ueno, together with the city of Fujioka and village of Ueno contributes two members to the Gunma Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Gunma 4th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.


      Economy


      The economy of Ueno is heavily dependent on agriculture and forestry.


      Education


      Ueno has one public elementary school and one public middle school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.


      Transportation




      = Railway

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      Ueno does not have any passenger railway service.


      = Bus

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      Ueno Village Bus comes from Joshin Electric Railway Shimonita Station, and Nippon Chuo Bus Okutano Line comes from JR East Shinmachi Station (Gunma)


      = Highway

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      National Route 299
      National Route 462


      International relations


      Zhuolan, Miaoli, Taiwan


      Local attractions



      Shionosawa Onsen
      Ueno Dam
      Ueno Sky Bridge - The Ueno skybridge is a 225 metre long pedestrian suspension bridge. At a height of 90 metres, it offers scenic views.


      References




      External links


      Media related to Ueno, Gunma at Wikimedia Commons

      Official Website (in Japanese)

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