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| name = Tako
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Kantō region|Kantō]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]]
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[[File:TakoTownOffice.JPG|thumb|right|260px|Tako Town Hall]]
{{Nihongo|'''Tako'''|多古町|Tako-machi}} is a [[List of towns in Japan|town]] located in [[Chiba Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. {{As of|2020|12|01}}, the town had an estimated [[population]] of 14,387 in 6068 households and a [[population density]] of 200 persons per km².<ref name="Tako-hp">{{cite web |url=https://www.town.tako.chiba.jp/docs/2018012600031/|title= Tako town official statistics|location= Japan|language= ja}}</ref> The total area of the town is {{convert|72.68|km2|mi2}}.

==Geography==
Tako is located in the northeastern portion of Chiba prefecture, approximately 35 kilometers from the prefectural capital at [[Chiba (city)|Chiba]] and 60 to 70 kilometers from central Tokyo. The west borders [[Narita International Airport]]. Located on the [[Kanto Plain]] sandwiched between the [[Shimōsa Plateau]] and the Kujūkuri Plain, the majority of the land is flat. The [[Kuriyama River]] flows through the center of the town.

===Neighboring municipalities===
Chiba Prefecture
*[[Katori, Chiba|Katori]]
*[[Narita, Chiba|Narita]]
*[[Shibayama, Chiba|Shibayama]]
*[[Sōsa, Chiba|Sōsa]]
*[[Yokoshibahikari, Chiba|Yokoshibahikari]]

===Climate===
Tako has a [[humid subtropical climate]] (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Tako is 14.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1500 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.5 °C.<ref>[https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/chiba/tako-770567/ Tako climate data]</ref>

==Demographics==
Per Japanese census data,<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-chiba.php Tako population statistics]</ref> the population of Tako has been decreasing slowly over the past 70 years.

{{Historical populations
| 1920 | 16,260
| 1930 | 17,599
| 1940 | 18,660
| 1950 | 21,969
| 1960 | 20,042
| 1970 | 17,367
| 1980 | 17,133
| 1990 | 17,683
| 2000 | 17,603
| 2010 | 16,002
| 2020 | 13,735
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==History==
Tako has been inhabited since prehistoric times, and archaeologists have found [[Dugout (boat)|dugout canoes]] and graves from the [[Jōmon period]], and rice paddies from the [[Yayoi period]]. The area also has numerous [[kofun|tumuli]] from the [[Kofun period]], from which ''[[haniwa]]'' pottery has been recovered. During the [[Heian period]], it was divided into ''[[shōen]]'' controlled by the [[Fujiwara clan]] and came under the control of the [[Chiba clan]] in the [[Kamakura period]]. During the [[Edo period]], it was ''[[tenryō]]'' territory within [[Shimōsa province]] ruled directly by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] via ''[[hatamoto]]'' administrators.

After the [[Meiji Restoration]], Tako village was established on April 1, 1889 within Katori District of Chiba Prefecture with the creation of the modern municipalities ordinance. Tako was elevated to town status on June 29, 1890. On April 1, 1951, Tako annexed neighboring Tōjō Village. It expanded further on March 31, 1954, by annexing neighboring Naka, Kuga, and Tokiwa villages.

==Government==
Tako has a [[mayor-council]] form of government with a directly elected mayor and a [[unicameral]] town council of 14 members. Tako, together with the city of Katori and town of Kōzaki, contributes two members to the Chiba Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of [[Chiba 10th district]] of the [[House of Representatives of Japan|lower house]] of the [[Diet of Japan]].

==Economy==
Tako is a regional commercial center and agricultural center. In addition to rice, an important economic factor is [[animal husbandry]], most significantly [[intensive pig farming]]. Approximately 20% of the workforce commutes to Narita, per the 2010 census.

==Education==
Tako has three public elementary schools and one public middle school operated by the city government. The town has one public high school operated by the Chiba Prefectural Board of Education and one private high school.

==Transportation==
===Railway===
Tako was formerly served by the now-defunct Narita Railway Tako Line from 1911 to 1944. It does not currently have any railway service. The nearest train station is {{STN|Shibayama-Chiyoda|x}} on the [[Shibayama Railway]]; however, connections are more frequent from [[Narita Station]].

===Highway===
* {{jct|country=JPN|Route|296}}

==Sister cities==
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[San Roque, Cádiz]], [[Spain]]<ref>[http://cpd.sanroque.es/elperro/Perrospdf/El%20Perro%2011.pdf El Perro]</ref>
*{{flagicon|United States}} [[Gilroy, California]], [[United States]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 25, 2007 |title=Sister Cities' Reps Sweep into Town |work=[[Gilroy Dispatch]] |url=https://gilroydispatch.com/sister-cities-reps-sweep-into-town/ |access-date=October 25, 2023}}</ref>

==Noted people from Tako==
*[[Iizasa Ienao]], Muromachi period swordsman
*[[Youichi Ui]], professional motorcycle racer

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.town.tako.chiba.jp/ Official Website] {{in lang|ja}}

{{Chiba}}
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[[Category:Towns in Chiba Prefecture]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1954]]

Tako, Chiba - Revision history

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