is a town

Towns of Japan

A town is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture , city , and village...

 located in Chōsei District

Chosei District, Chiba

is a district located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of September 2010, the district has an estimated population of 63,382 and a density of 279 persons per km². The total area was 226.97 km²...

, Chiba

Chiba Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region and the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba City.- History :Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. As of Mar. 1, 2010, the town had an estimated population

Population

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 of 8,117 and a density

Population density

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 of 172 persons per km². The total area is 47.20 km².

Geography

Located in the mountainous area that divides the center of Bōsō Peninsula

Boso Peninsula

thumb|Locationthumb|Landsat image with high-resolution data from Space Shuttle is a peninsula in Chiba prefecture on Honshū, the largest island of Japan. It forms the eastern edge of Tokyo Bay, separating it from the Pacific Ocean....

, Nagara has little flat terrain. The town consists primarily of rolling, sometimes steep, hills. While the town has no major rivers, several dams, including the Nagara Dam, have been constructed to support the water sources of the Bōsō Peninsula.

Neighboring municipalities

• Ichihara
  Ichihara, Chiba
  is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of August 2010, the city has an estimated population of 279,080, with a population density of 758 persons per km². The total area of Ichihara was 368.20 km²...
  
  
• Mobara
  Mobara, Chiba
  is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of September 2010, the city has an estimated population of 92,449 and a population density of 924 persons per km². The total area is 100.01 km².-Geography:...
  
  
• Chōnan
  Chonan, Chiba
  is a town located in Chōsei District, Chiba, Japan.As of 2010 estimates, the town had a population of 9,154 and a density of 140 persons per km². The total area was .- Geography :...
  
  

History

The current town was formed in 1955 by the merger of the villages of Nagara and Hiyoshi, and part of the village of Mizukami under the period of municipal mergers and dissolutions in Japan in the 1950s. The primary economic activities are agriculture and golf courses.

Railways

Nagara is not served by a train line. The closest train station to Nagara is the Sotobō Line at Mobara Station

Mobara Station

is a railway station operated by JR East's Sotobō Line located in Mobara, Chiba Prefecture Japan. It is 34.3 kilometers from the terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station.-History:...

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Highways

• Prefectural Route 13, Ichihara
  Ichihara, Chiba
  is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of August 2010, the city has an estimated population of 279,080, with a population density of 758 persons per km². The total area of Ichihara was 368.20 km²...
  
  -Mobara
  Mobara, Chiba
  is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of September 2010, the city has an estimated population of 92,449 and a population density of 924 persons per km². The total area is 100.01 km².-Geography:...
  
  
• Prefectural Route 14, Chiba
  Chiba, Chiba
  is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is located approximately 40 km east of the center of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. Chiba City became a government designated city in 1992. Its population as of 2008 is approximately 960,000....
  
  -Mobara
  Mobara, Chiba
  is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of September 2010, the city has an estimated population of 92,449 and a population density of 924 persons per km². The total area is 100.01 km².-Geography:...
  
  

Elementary schools

• Nagara Elementary School
• Hiyoshi Elementary School
• Mizukami Elementary School

Local attractions

• Gensō-ji
• Iio-ji
• Nagara Dam
• Japan Aerobics Center

Noted people from Nagara

• Minoru Ōta
  Minoru Ota
  was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, and the final commander of the Japanese naval forces defending the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa.-Biography:...
  
  , admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Shibata Ainosuke, action-film actor

External links

• Nagara official website in Japanese