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 Kitagunma District

Kitagunma District, Gunma

is a district located in Gunma Prefecture.As of May, 2008, the district has an estimated Population of 33,263 and a Density of 687 persons/km². The total area is 48.44 km².The district contains one town and one village.* Yoshioka* Shintō...

, Gunma

Gunma Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the northwest corner of the Kantō region on Honshu island. Its capital is Maebashi.- History :The remains of a Paleolithic man were found at Iwajuku, Gunma Prefecture, in the early 20th century and there is a public museum there.Japan was without horses until...

, Japan

Japan

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As of July 1, 2009, the town has an estimated population

Population

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 of 19,161 people (9462 Men, 9699 Women) and a density

Population density

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 of 934.68 persons per km².There are 6,409 households in Yoshioka within a total area of 20.50 km².

Geography

Located in central Gunma, it sits on the southestern slopes of Mount Haruna

Mount Haruna

is a dormant stratovolcano in Gunma, eastern Honshū, Japan.- Outline :Mount Haruna has many peaks and the tallest one, Mount Kamonga is 1,449 m high. It appeared about 300,000 years ago and the last known eruption was c. 550. The volcano has a summit caldera containing the symmetrical cone of...

 and in the Tone River

Tone River

The is a river in the Kantō region of Japan. It is in length and has a drainage area of...

 region. The western half of the town has an elevation between 200 m and 900 m, while the eastern half is mostly flat, with an elevation between 100 m and 200 m.

Surrounding municipalities

• Gunma Prefecture
  Gunma Prefecture
  is a prefecture of Japan located in the northwest corner of the Kantō region on Honshu island. Its capital is Maebashi.- History :The remains of a Paleolithic man were found at Iwajuku, Gunma Prefecture, in the early 20th century and there is a public museum there.Japan was without horses until...
  
  
  • Maebashi
    Maebashi, Gunma
    is the capital city of Gunma Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on April 1, 1892, by the samurai Makuba Kawai.On December 5, 2004 the town of Ōgo, and the villages of Kasukawa and Miyagi, all from Seta District, were merged into Maebashi....
    
    
  • Shibukawa
    Shibukawa, Gunma
    is a city located in the extreme northwest of the Kantō Plain, in the center of landlocked Gunma, Japan. Encompassing the juncture of the Tone River and Agatsuma River, it is about 120km from Tokyo...
    
    
  • Shintō
    Shinto, Gunma
    is a village located in Kitagunma District, Japan.As of September 1, 2007, the village has an estimated population of 14,302 and a density of 511.88 persons per km²...
    
    

Education

• Preschools
  Nursery school
  A nursery school is a school for children between the ages of one and five years, staffed by suitably qualified and other professionals who encourage and supervise educational play rather than simply providing childcare...
  
  
  • Komayose Preschool
• Primary Schools
  • Meiji Elementary School
  • Komayose Elementary School
• Junior High Schools
  • Yoshioka Junior High School

External links

• Yoshioka official website