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Komae, Tokyo

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116: 100: 85: 1105: 75: 60: 837: 1120: 123: 485:) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Komae is 14.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1647 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 3.8 °C. 681:. The town of Komae was created on April 1, 1889, with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. Minamtama District was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1893. Odakyu Railways's Odawara line was constructed through Komae in 1926, linking it with 393:
of 13,000 persons per km. The total area of the city is 6.39 square kilometres (2.47 sq mi). It is the smallest administrative city in Tokyo Metropolis both in area and population, and the second smallest in terms of area in the nation.
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of Tokyo which urbanised rapidly in the 1960s and 1970s, with most of the working population commuting to central Tokyo. There are several neighbourhood shopping areas, mainly around the train stations. The City Hall is located near
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particularly around the 5th century, as many Koreans technically skilled in such areas as architecture, ceramics, weaving and iron casting settled in Japan. Korean cultural words such as
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The town has a group of festival mascots called Komarangers; their purpose is to cheer up the citizens of the town. They come in five colors: red, blue, green, yellow, and pink.
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in 2012. Komae, together with the city of Chōfu, contributes three members to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of
1045:(notebook), and even place names such as Koma, Komae and Rebonri, and the most prominent, Nara ("country" in Korea), were introduced into Japan around that time. 696:, and 19 houses were destroyed by torrential flooding. The riverbanks have now been strengthened. A small memorial stands at the location of the levee failure. 426:. It is mostly flat. It is a small municipality; its boundaries fit within a circle of 2 km radius centred on the city hall. It is essentially a 147: 493:
Per Japanese census data, the population of Komae increased rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s and has continued to grow at a slower rate since then.
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in central Tokyo. Expanding population led to Komae being upgraded to the status of a town in 1952, and to a city on October 1, 1970.
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The city name, Komae, probably derived from "Koma," a word referring to Kogyo of ancient Korea, probable origin of the immigrants.
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city council of 26 members. The current mayor is Kunihiko Takahashi, an independent heading a coalition of the
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Annual events in Komae include a raft-race on Tama River every July, and a city fair in mid-November.
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Komae has six public elementary schools and four junior high schools schools operated by the city.
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Komae is not served by any national highways or expressways.
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cadastral reform of July 22, 1878, the area became part of
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to the north and east which flows near its boundaries with
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form of government with a directly elected mayor and a
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The city's name is thought to originate from the word
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who settled here around the 5th century AD. Numerous
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Index

Komae
City
Komae City Hall
Flag of Komae
Official seal of Komae
Location of Komae in Tokyo
Komae is located in Japan
35°38′5.2″N 139°34′43.3″E / 35.634778°N 139.578694°E / 35.634778; 139.578694
Country
Region
Kantō
Prefecture
Tokyo
Mayor
Time zone
UTC+9
Japan Standard Time
Ginkgo biloba
Azalea
www.city.komae.tokyo.jp
city
western portion
Tokyo Metropolis
Japan
Tama Area
population
population density

Tama River
Nogawa River

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