Taketa

• Name — Taketa • Native Name Lang — ja • Settlement Type — City • Image Skyline — Okajoshi.jpg • Image Caption — Oka Castle • Image Flag — Flag of Taketa, Oita.svg • Image Seal — Emblem of Taketa, Oita.svg • Image Map1 — Taketa in Oita Prefecture Ja.svg • Map Caption — Location of Taketa in Ōita Prefecture • Pushpin Map — Japan • Pushpin Map Caption — Location in Japan • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Japan • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Kyushu • Subdivision Type2 — Prefecture • Subdivision Name2 — Ōita • Subdivision Type3 — District • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Masahiro Doi (since April 2021) • Leader Title1 — Vice Mayor • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Total Km2 — 477.53 • Population Total — 19,456 • Population As Of — November 30, 2023 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone1 — JST • Utc Offset1 — +09:00 • Blank Name Sec1 — City hall address • Blank Info Sec1 — Oji-Aiai 1650, Taketa-shi, Ōita-ken 878-8555 • Blank Name Sec2 — Climate • Blank Info Sec2 — Cfa • Website — 1=http: www.city.taketa.oita.jp/ • Illustration — Taketa City Hall Taketa is a city located in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. As of 2023 11, the city had an estimated population of 19,456 in 9838 households, and a population density of 41 persons per km 2. The total area of the city is.

Taketa is located in the southwestern part of Ōita Prefecture. The city center is approximately 55 km southwest of the prefectural capital at Ōita City and approximately 73 km east-northeast of Kumamoto City. The city is surrounded by mountains reaching heights of approximately 1 km, such as the Kujū Mountain Range, Mount Aso, Mount Sobo, and Mt. Takayama, and natural beauty spots include Takeda Springs and Kujū Plateau. Together with Bungo-Ōno City, which adjoins it to the east, it is known as the "Hōhi district" (or "Oku-Bungo"). Although Taketa borders Miyazaki Prefecture to the south, there is no direct road connection to Miyazaki from Taketa.

Kumamoto Prefecture • Aso • Minamioguni • Takamori • Ubuyama Miyazaki Prefecture • Takachiho Ōita Prefecture • Bungo-Ōno • Kokonoe • Ōita • Yufu

Taketa 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 Taketa is 14.7 C. The average annual rainfall is and June is the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.7 C, and lowest in January, at around 3.9 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Taketa was on 1 August 2026; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 10 February 1984.

Per Japanese census data, the population of Taketa in 2020 is 20,332 people. Taketa has been conducting censuses since 1920.

The area of Taketa was part of ancient Bungo Province and roughly corresponds to Naoiri District, one of the eight counties of Bungo mentioned in the Nara period Bungo no Kuni Fudoki. During the Edo period it developed as the castle town of Oka Domain and was ruled by the Nakagawa clan until the Meiji restoration. Following the Meiji restoration, the town of Saeki within Naoiri District, Ōita was established on May 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. The city was founded on 31 March 1954. On 1 April 2005, the towns of Kujū, Naoiri and Ogi (all from Naoiri District) were also merged into Taketa.

Taketa has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 15 members. Taketa contributes one member to the Ōita Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Ōita 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

The economy of Taketa is centered around agriculture and forestry. The main crops are kabosu, shiitake, tomatoes and sweet corn.

Takata has 11 public elementary schools and four public junior high schools operated by the city government. The city has two public high schools operated by the Ōita Prefectural Board of Education and one private high school. The prefecture operates one special education school for students with disabilities.

JR Kyushu - Hōhi Main Line • Bungo-Ogi - Tamarai - Bungo-Taketa

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• Paraguay San Lorenzo, Paraguay, sister city since October 1973 • Germany Bad Krozingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, sister city since October 2004 • Tianliao District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, sister city since January 2017

• Nanatsumori Kofun Cluster, National Historic Site. • Oka Castle ruins is a famous local National Historic Site. • former home of Tanomura Chikuden, National Historic Site.

Princess Daruma dolls (姫だるま, Hime Daruma) were first created and remain a popular local craft in Taketa. • Illustration — Taketa Princess Daruma Doll

• Iwao Akiyama, former woodblock printmaker • Korechika Anami, former general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II • Kenji Anan, stage and film actor • Takeo Hirose, former career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy • Otoya Kawano, Japanese voice actor