Okaya

Okaya is a town placed in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of one February 2019, the town had an envisioned populace of 48,616 in 19257 families and a population density of 570 humans in line with km². The total vicinity of the town is 85.10 square kilometres 32.86 squaremi. The area of present-day Okaya changed into part of historical Shinano Province. The village of Hirano turned into created with the establishment of the municipalities machine on April 1, 1889. Hirano turned into raised to without delay city popularity on April 1, 1936 and become renamed Okaya, and is one of the 11 villages in Japan that have skipped the intermediate metropolis stage to without delay turn out to be a town.

Okaya annexed neighbouring Shijiri city and Chikumaji village on January 1, 1951, observed through Minato village on January 1, 1955, Kawagishi village on February 1, 1955 and Osachi village on March 25, 1957. Okaya has seven public elementary faculties and four public center colleges operated by means of the city authorities. The metropolis has three public excessive faculties operated by means of the Nagano Prefectural Board of Education.