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located in

Mie Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture an ...

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. , the town had an estimated

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of 41,542 in 16883 households and a

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of 390 persons per km². The total area of the town was .

Geography

Komono is located in the mountainous region of northern Mie Prefecture, bordering on

Shiga Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,398,972 as of 1 February 2025 and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to th ...

. Parts of the town are within the limits of the

Suzuka Quasi-National Park is a Quasi-National Park in Mie and Shiga Prefectures, Japan. It was established in 1968. Sites of interest * Mount Gozaisho, Suzuka Mountains Related municipalities * Mie: Iga, Inabe, Kameyama, Komono, Suzuka, Yokkaichi * Shiga: ...

Neighboring municipalities

Mie Prefecture *Inabe, Mie, Inabe *Yokkaichi Shiga Prefecture *Higashiōmi *Kōka, Shiga, Kōka

Climate

Komono has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Komono is 14.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1737 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.6 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,Komono population statistics
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History

Komoro is located in ancient Ise Province and was the center of 12,000 ''koku'' Komono Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate, ruled by the Hijikata clan from 1600 until the Meiji restoration of 1871. In the establishment of municipalities under the Meiji government’s reforms, it became Komoro village within Mie District of Mie Prefecture on April 1, 1889. Komoro was elevated to town status in 1928.

Government

Komono has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 18 members. Komono contributes two members to the Mie Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Mie 3rd district of the House of Representatives of Japan, lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Education

Komono has five public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the town government. The town has one public high school operated by the Mie Prefectural Board of Education..

Transportation

Railway

file:KintetsuLogo.svg, 20px Kintetsu Railway Kintetsu Railway – Yunoyama Line * - - -

Highway

* file:JP Expressway E1A.svg, 24px, link=, alt=E1A Shin-Meishin Expressway * *

Local attractions

*Gozaisho Ropeway *Yunoyama Onsen

Notable people

*Takuma Asano, professional football player *Yuki Nishi, professional baseball player *Harutomo Tsuji, professional baseball player *Tomoya Uchida, professional football player

References

External links

Komono official website
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