Tenryū 天龍村
Village
Tenryū Village Hall
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Location of Tenryū in Nagano Prefecture
Tenryū
Coordinates: 35°16′34.9″N 137°51′15.2″E / 35.276361°N 137.854222°E / 35.276361; 137.854222
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu (Kōshin'etsu)
Prefecture	Nagano
District	Shimoina
Area
• Total	109.44 km2 (42.26 sq mi)
Population  (April 2019)
• Total	1,275
• Density	12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Symbols
• Tree	Trachycarpus
• Flower	Lilium auratum
• Bird	Dollarbird
Phone number	0260-26-2111
Address	878 Hiraoka Tenryū-mura, Shimoina-gun, Nagano-ken 399-1201
Website	Official website

Tenryū (天龍村, Tenryū-mura) is a village located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2019^[update], the village had an estimated population of 1,275 in 712 households,^[1] and a population density of 12.1 persons per km². The total area of the village is 109.44 square kilometres (42.26 sq mi).

Tenryū is located in mountainous far south of Nagano Prefecture on its border with Aichi Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture. The Tenryū River runs through the village, which is over 90% covered in mountains and forest. Hiraoka Dam is located within Tenryū.

• Nagano Prefecture
  • IIda
  • Anan
  • Yasuoka
• Aichi Prefecture
  • Toyone
• Shizuoka Prefecture
  • Hamamatsu

The town has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cold winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Tenryū is 13.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1964 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around 1.9 °C.^[2]

Per Japanese census data,^[3] the population of Tenryū has dropped rapidly over the past 70 years.

The area of present-day Tenryū was part of ancient Shinano Province. The village was established on September 30, 1956 by the merger of the villages of Hiraoka and Kamihara.

Tenryū has one public elementary school and one public middle school operated by the village government, and one private elementary school and one private middle school. The village does not have a high school.

• JR Tōkai – Iida Line
  • Nakaisamurai - Ina-Kozawa - Ugusu - Hiraoka - Shiteguri

• National Route 418

• Media related to Tenryū, Nagano at Wikimedia Commons
• Official Website (in Japanese)

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Cities	Azumino Chikuma Chino Iida Iiyama Ina Komagane Komoro Nakano Okaya Ōmachi Saku Shiojiri Suwa Suzaka Tōmi Ueda
Districts	Chiisagata District Aoki Nagawa Hanishina District Sakaki Higashichikuma District Asahi Chikuhoku Ikusaka Omi Yamagata Kamiina District Iijima Minamiminowa Minowa Miyada Nakagawa Tatsuno Kamiminochi District Iizuna Shinano Ogawa Kamitakai District Obuse Takayama Kiso District Agematsu Kiso (town) Nagiso Kiso (village) Ōkuwa Ōtaki Kitaazumi District Ikeda Hakuba Matsukawa Otari Kitasaku District Karuizawa Miyota Tateshina Minamisaku District Kawakami Kitaaiki Koumi Minamiaiki Minamimaki Sakuho Shimoina District Achi Anan Hiraya Matsukawa Neba Ōshika Shimojō Takagi Takamori Tenryū Toyooka Urugi Yasuoka Shimominochi District Sakae Shimotakai District Yamanouchi Kijimadaira Nozawaonsen Suwa District Hara Fujimi Shimosuwa
Former Districts	Minamiazumi District Sarashina District
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