Kurotaki, Nara

Village in Kansai, Japan

Kurotaki (黒滝村, Kurotaki-mura) is a village located in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

As of April 2017, the village has an estimated population of 745^[1] and a density of 16 persons per km². The total area is 47.71 km².

Geography

Located north of Mount Yoshino, it is part of the municipalities in the Kii Mountain Range.

• Mountains: Mount Kashihara, Hyakukaidake

Surrounding municipalities

• Nara Prefecture
  • Gojō city
  • Kawakami village
  • Shimoichi town
  • Tenkawa village
  • Yoshino town

History

• 1889 - Minamiyoshino village is created in Yoshino District
• 1912 - Minamiyoshino village is divided into Kurotaki village and Niu village
• 1949 - A portion of the village is merged into Akino village (now Shimoichi town)

References

1. "Official website of Kurotaki Village" (in Japanese). Japan: Kurotaki Village. Retrieved 25 April 2017.

External links

• Media related to Kurotaki, Nara at Wikimedia Commons
• Kurotaki official website (in Japanese)