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Ōdai

Field	Value
name	Ōdai
native_name	大台町
native_name_lang	ja
settlement_type	Town
image_skyline	Odai Town Hall 2020-12 ac (1).jpg
image_caption	Ōdai town hall
image_flag	Flag of Odai Mie.svg
image_blank_emblem	Emblem of Odai, Mie.svg
blank_emblem_type	Emblem
image_map	Odai in Mie Prefecture Ja.svg
map_caption	Location of Ōdai in Mie Prefecture
pushpin_map	Japan
pushpin_map_caption
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Japan
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Kansai
subdivision_type2	Prefecture
subdivision_name2	Mie
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Taki
area_total_km2	362.86
population_total	8847
population_as_of	June 30, 2021
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	Japan Standard Time
utc_offset1	+9
blank_name_sec2	Phone number
blank_info_sec2	0598-82-3781
blank1_name_sec2	Address
blank1_info_sec2	750 Sahara, Ōdai-chō, Taki-gun, Mie-ken 519-2404
website

thumb|right|260px|Ōsugidani Ravine Ōdai is a town located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 8,847 in 4,125 households and a population density of 24 persons per km2. The total area of the town was 362.86 sqkm.

Geography

Ōdai is located in southeastern Kii Peninsula in central Mie Prefecture. An inland municipality, Ōdai extends almost the width of Mie Prefecture from east to west, but is narrow north to south.

Climate

Ōdai has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ōdai is 14.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2,683 mm with September the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.7 °C.

Demographics

The population of Ōdai has decreased steadily over the past 60 years and is now less than it was a century ago.

| 1920 | 14,816 | 1930 | 14,657 | 1940 | 14,841 | 1950 | 18,444 | 1960 | 17,399 | 1970 | 13,754 | 1980 | 13,172 | 1990 | 12,144 | 2000 | 11,399 | 2010 | 10,419

History

The area of present-day Ōdai was part of the ancient Ise Province, but was mostly part of Kii Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. The village of Misedani in Taki District, Mie Prefecture, was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. It was raised to town status in 1953. The town of Ōdai was established on September 30, 1956 by the merger Misedani with the village of Kawazoe. On January 1, 2006, the last remaining village in Mie Prefecture, Miyagawa Village, merged with Ōdai.

Government

Ōdai has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 11 members. Ōdai contributes two members to the Mie Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Mie 4th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy

Ōdai serves as a commercial center for the surrounding region.

Education

Ōdai has four 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

JR Tōkai]] – [[Kisei Main Line

Highway

24px|link=|alt=E42 Kisei Expressway

Local attractions

Mount Ōdaigahara

References

"Ōdai town official statistics".
[https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/mie-prefecture/oodai-986317/ Ōdai climate data]
[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-mie.php Ōdai population statistics]

Wikipedia Source

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