Shōbara
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Geography
Shōbara is located in the Chugoku Mountains in the northeast corner of Hiroshima Prefecture.
Neighboring municipalities
Climate
Shōbara has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) characterized by cool to mild winters and hot, humid summers. The average annual temperature in Shōbara is Script error: No such module "convert".. The average annual rainfall is Template:Cvt with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around Script error: No such module "convert"., and lowest in January, at around Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] The highest temperature ever recorded in Shōbara was Template:Cvt on 5 August 2021; the coldest temperature ever recorded was Template:Cvt on 26 February 1991.[3]
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Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Shōbara in 2020 is 33,633 people.[4] Shōbara has been conducting censuses since 1920. <templatestyles src="Module:Historical populations/styles.css"/>Script error: No such module "Historical populations".
History
The Shōbara area is part of ancient Bingo Province. During the Edo Period, it was part of the holdings of Hiroshima Domain. Following the Meiji restoration, the village of Shōbara was established within Mikami District, Hiroshima with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Mikami District became part of Hiba District, Hiroshima on October 1, 1898 at which time Shōbara was raised to town status. On March 31, 1954 Shōbara merged with the villages of Takamura, Honda, Shikinobu, Yamauchi-Higashi, Yamauchi-Nishi, and Yamauchi-Kita and was raised to city status.
On March 31, 2005, the towns of Hiwa, Kuchiwa, Saijō, Takano, and Tōjō (all from Hiba District), and the town of Sōryō (from Kōnu District) were merged into Shōbara. Hiba District and Kōnu District were both dissolved as a result of this merger.
Government
Shōbara has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 20 members. Shōbara contributes one member to the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Hiroshima 5th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
Economy
The main economic activities in Shōbara are agriculture, mining (kaolinite, limestone) and hydroelectric power generation.
Education
Shōbara has 18 public elementary schools, and seven public junior high schools operated by the city government, and five public high school operated by the Hiroshima Prefectural Board of Education. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the disabled and one agricultural college. The Prefectural University of Hiroshima has a campus in Shōbara.
Transportation
Railway
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Highways
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Sister city relations
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Local attractions
Noted people from Shōbara
- Ikuo Kamei, politician
- Shizuka Kamei, politician
- Shinsuke Sato, director, screenwriter
- Kōji Seo, manga artist
References
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External links
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