Kusu, Ōita
Template:Nihongo is a town located in Kusu District, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. Template:As of, the town had an estimated population of 14,085 in 6590 households, and a population density of 49 persons per km2. <ref name="Kusu-hp">Template:Cite web</ref> The total area of the city is Template:Cvt
Geography
Kusu is located in midwestern Ōita Prefecture, approximately 60 kilometers west of the prefectural capital at Ōita City, and slightly borders Kumamoto Prefecture in the south. The town area is in the Kyushu Mountains, and much of the town area is within the borders of the Yaba-Hita-Hikosan Quasi-National Park. In the northern part of the town is the Hiseidai Training Range, the largest training range for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in western Japan.
Neighbouring municipalities
Climate
Kusu has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with hot summers and cool winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year but is somewhat lower in winter. The average annual temperature in Kusu is Template:Convert. The average annual rainfall is Template:Cvt with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around Template:Convert, and lowest in January, at around Template:Convert.<ref name=normals/> The highest temperature ever recorded in Kusu was Template:Cvt on 18 July 1994; the coldest temperature ever recorded was Template:Cvt on 3 February 2012.
Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Kusu in 2020 is 14,386 people.<ref name=zensus/> Kusu has been conducting censuses since 1920.
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History
The area of Kusu was part of ancient Bungo Province. During the Edo period the area was mostly part of the holdings of Mori Domain. Following the Meiji restoration, the village of Mannen (万年村) within Kusu District, Ōita was established on May 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. Mannen was raised to town status on April 1, 1927 and was renamed Kusu. On March 1,1955 Kusu annexed the neighboring town of Mori and the villages of Kitayamada, and Yahata.
Government
Kusu has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 14 members. Kusu, together with Kokonoe, contributes one member to the Ōita Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of the Ōita 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
Economy
The economy of Kusu is centered on agriculture and forestry.
Education
Kuso has nine public elementary schools and one public junior high school operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Ōita Prefectural Board of Education.
Transportation
Railways
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Highways
Local attractions
Notable people from Kusu
- Seishiro Etō, politician
- Kurushima Takehiko, former children's literature author
References
External links
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