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Kamogawa, Chiba
Summary
Kamogawa is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 31,722 in 14,558 households and a population density of 170 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
The name of the city consists of two kanji characters: the first, kamo (鴨), meaning "duck", and the second, kawa (川), meaning "river".
Kamogawa is near the southeastern tip of the Bōsō Peninsula, facing the Pacific Ocean, about 50 km south of the prefectural capital, Chiba, and about 85 km from the capital of Japan, Tokyo. Kamogawa is home to Mount Atago, which at is the highest point in Chiba Prefecture. Mount Kiyosumi () is home to Seichō-ji. The Kamo River () empties into the Pacific Ocean at Kamogawa.
Chiba Prefecture
Futtsu
Kimitsu
Katsuura
Minamibōsō
Kyonan
Ōtaki
Kamogawa has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kamogawa is 15.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1833 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 5.9 °C.
Per Japanese census data, the population of Kamogawa has been gradually decreasing over the past 70 years.
The area of present-day Kamogawa was part of ancient Awa Province. Nichiren (1222 – 1282) was born in the Kominato district of Kamogawa, and his birthplace is commemorated at Tanjō-ji. During the Edo period, it was mostly tenryō territory controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate, with portions under the control of the feudal domains of Funagata Domain, Tateyama Domain, Iwasuki Domain and Tsurumaki Domain. The short-lived (1638-1690) Tōjō Domain and the Bakumatsu period Hanabusa Domain were also located within the borders of modern Kamogawa.
In 1877, Kamogawa suffered a notable cholera outbreak. At the start of the Meiji period, Kamogawa consisted of all of Nagasa District with two towns and nine villages, and two villages from neighboring Asai District.
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