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Kawakami, Nara

Village in Kansai, Japan

Kawakami Flag Chapter
Location of Kawakami in Nara Prefecture

Symbols

Bird	Yamagara (Tincture)
Flower	Yamaboki (Rosaceae)
Tree	Yoshino Cedar (Cryptomeria)

Kawakami (川上村, Kawakami-mura) is a village located in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

As of March 2017, the village has an estimated population of 1,498 and a density of 5.6 persons per km². The total area is 269.26 km².^[1]

History

Between 1991 and 2016, no families in Sogio district had a birth.^[2]

The village has an elementary school, Kawakami Elementary School (川上村立川上小学校), and a junior high school, Kawakami Junior High School (川上村立川上中学校).^[3]

^ "Official website of Kawakami Village" (in Japanese). Japan: Kawakami Village. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
^ Ripley, Will; Ogura, Junko; Sugiura, Natsumi (2023-03-17). "This community's quarter century without a newborn shows the scale of Japan's population crisis". CNN. Retrieved 2023-03-18. - The article text identifies this Kawakami as the one in Nara Prefecture.
^ "川上村立川上小学校" (in Japanese). Kawakami. Retrieved 2023-03-18.