Izumizaki | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Japan |
Pushpin Map Caption: | |
Coordinates: | 37.1569°N 140.2954°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Japan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Tōhoku |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Fukushima |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Nishishirakawa |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Area Total Km2: | 35.43 |
Population Total: | 6265 |
Population As Of: | March 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time |
Utc Offset1: | +9 |
Blank Name Sec1: | City Symbols |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | - Tree |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Ginkgo biloba |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | - Flower |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Rhododendron indicum |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | - Bird |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | - FIsh |
Blank Name Sec2: | Phone number |
Blank Info Sec2: | 0248-53-2111 |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Address |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | Hachimaru 145, Izumizaki-mura, Nishishirakawa-gun, Fukushima-ken 969-0101 |
is a village located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan., the village had an estimated population of 6,265 in 2179 households,[1] and a population density of 180 persons per km². The total area of the village was 35.43km2.
Izumizaki is located in the flatlands of south-central Fukushima prefecture.
Per Japanese census data,[2] the population of Izumizaki has remained relatively stable over the past 80 years.
Izumizaki has a humid climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Izumizaki is . The average annual rainfall is 1333mm with September as the wettest month.[3]
The area of present-day Izumizaki was part of ancient Mutsu Province and the area has many burial mounds from the Kofun period. The area was divided between part of the holdings of Shirakawa Domain, Kasama Domain and tenryō territory held directly by the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period. After the Meiji Restoration, it was organized as part of Nishishirakawa District in the Nakadōri region of Iwaki Province. The villages of Izumizaki and Sekihira were established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. The two villages merged in 1954.
The economy of Izumizaki is primarily agricultural.
Izumizaki has two public elementary schools and one public junior high school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.