| Nakatsugawa | |||
| Native Name Lang: | ja | ||
| Settlement Type: | City | ||
| Pushpin Map: | Japan | ||
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| Coordinates: | 35.4876°N 137.5006°W | ||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||
| Subdivision Name: | Japan | ||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||
| Subdivision Name1: | Chūbu | ||
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture | ||
| Subdivision Name2: | Gifu | ||
| Leader Title: | Mayor | ||
| Leader Name: | Setsuji Aoyama (since January 2012)[1] | ||
| Area Total Km2: | 676.45 | ||
| Population Total: | 78930 | ||
| Population As Of: | December 31, 2018 | ||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||
| Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time | ||
| Utc Offset1: | +9 | ||
| Blank Name Sec1: | Phone number | ||
| Blank Info Sec1: | 0573-66-1111 | ||
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Address | ||
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Kayanoki-chō 2-1, Nakatsugawa-shi, Gifu-ken 508-8501 | ||
| Blank Name Sec2: | Climate | ||
| Blank Info Sec2: | Cfa | ||
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thumb|Magome-juku on the Nakasendō is a city located in Gifu, Japan., the city had an estimated population of 78,930, and a population density of 120 persons per km2 in 30,788 households[2] The total area of the city was 676.45sqkm.
Nakatsugawa is in the Tōnō region of far eastern Gifu Prefecture, bordering on Nagano Prefecture. Mount Ena, the southernmost of the Kiso Mountains on the border between Nakatsugawa, Aichi and Nagano Prefecture is the highest point in the city, with an elevation of 2191m (7,188feet). The Kiso River and the Agi River flow through the city.
The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Nakatsugawa is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around, and lowest in January, at around .
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Nakatsugawa peaked around the year 2000 and has declined since.
The area around Nakatsugawa was part of traditional Mino Province. During the Edo period, much of the area was under the control of Owari Domain, Naegi Domain and Iwamura Domain, or was tenryō under direction control of the Tokugawa shogunate. Nakatsugawa-juku prospered as one of the 69 Stations of the Nakasendō along the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto. In the post-Meiji restoration cadastral reforms, Ena District in Gifu prefecture was created, and Nakatsugawa was proclaimed a town per the April 1, 1897 establishment of the modern municipalities system. Nakatsugawa merged with the town of Naegi in 1951 and was elevated to city status on April 1, 1952. Nakatsugawa annexed the village of Nakamoto in 1954, Ochiai in 1956, and Agi in 1957. On February 13, 2005, the towns of Tsukechi, Fukuoka and Sakashita and the villages of Hirukawa, Kashimo and Kawaue (all from the former Ena District), and the village of Yamaguchi (from Kiso District, Nagano Prefecture) were merged into Nakatsugawa.[4]
Nakatsugawa has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 24 members.
Nakatsugawa has 19 public elementary schools and 12 public middle schools operated by the city government. The city has four public high schools operated by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education, and one public high school operated by the city government.
