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Hinode
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Hinode
Total population
17,448
Founded
1974
Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Hinode is a town located in the western portion of Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2021, the town had an estimated population of 16,563, and a population density of 590 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 28.07 square kilometres (10.84 sq mi).
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History
The area of present-day Hinode was part of ancient Musashi Province. In the post-Meiji Restoration cadastral reform of July 22, 1878, the area became part of Nishitama District in Kanagawa Prefecture. The villages of Hirai and Ōguno were created on April 1, 1889, with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. Nishitama District was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1893. The village of Hinode was formed in 1955 by the merger of Hirai and Ōguno. Hinode was elevated to town status on June 1, 1974. Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone had a cottage, Hinode Sansō in Hinode. In 1983, while he was in office, Nakasone invited US president Ronald Reagan there, and held US-Japan summit in an informal atmosphere to establish friendly personal relations. After his resignation as prime minister, Nakasone also former South Korean president, Chun Doo-hwan, former Soviet general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and many other foreign VIPs, including several US ambassadors at the cottage. Nakasone donated the cottage to the town of Hinode in 2006, and it is now maintained as a public park.
Geography
Hinode is located in the foothills of the Okutama Mountains of western Tokyo. The highest point is Mount Hinode at 902 m. The Hirai and Ōguno Rivers drain the town. Tokyo Metropolis *Akiruno *Ōme Hinode has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hinode is 12.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2998 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 0.7 °C.
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Nearby places in Tokyo
- Akiruno2.3 mi away · pop. 80,787
- Hamura3.2 mi away · pop. 55,434
- Ome3.3 mi away · pop. 136,581
- Fussa3.9 mi away · pop. 58,444
- Mizuho5.7 mi away · pop. 33,194
- Nishisunacho6 mi away
- Akishima6 mi away · pop. 111,482
- Hinohara6.2 mi away · pop. 2,209
- Hachioji6.2 mi away · pop. 555,517
- Nishiasakawamachi7 mi away
- Ichibancho7.1 mi away
- Musashimurayama7.3 mi away · pop. 71,419
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Official Identifiers
e-Stat — Statistics Bureau of Japan
- JIS code
- 133051
- Population (Wikidata)
- 17,016
- Wikidata
- Q1154806
JIS X 0402 dantai codes via Wikidata P429
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • e-Stat / Statistics Bureau of Japan — JIS X 0402 dantai code via Wikidata P429 (prefecture, municipality)
- • e-Stat — Statistics Bureau of Japan — JIS X 0402 dantai codes via Wikidata P429