Miki 三木町
Town
Miki town hall
Flag Chapter
Location of Miki in Kagawa Prefecture
Miki Location in Japan
Coordinates: 34°16′N 134°8′E / 34.267°N 134.133°E / 34.267; 134.133
Country	Japan
Region	Shikoku
Prefecture	Kagawa
District	Kita
Government
• Mayor	Yoshiharu Ito (since 2018)
Area [1]
• Total	75.78 km2 (29.26 sq mi)
Population  (September 1, 2022)[2]
• Total	26,449
• Density	350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address	310 Hikami-Ōaza, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa-ken 761-0692
Website	Official website
Symbols
Flower	Chinese peony
Tree	Kurogane holly

Miki (三木町, Miki-chō) is a town located in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 September 2022, the town had an estimated population of 26,449 in 10963 households and a population density of 270 persons per km².^[3] The total area of the town is 75.78 square kilometres (29.26 sq mi).

Miki is located in eastern Kagawa Prefecture on ten island of Shikoku. The town area is long from north to south, and consists of hilly areas in the north, plains in the center, and mountainous areas in the south. It borders the prefectural capital, Takamatsu City, to the north, west, and southwest, Sanuki City to the east, and Mima City, Tokushima Prefecture to the southeast. From the northern part to the central and southern part, it is the basin of the Shinkawa River system, which originates from Mt. Kosen.

Kagawa Prefecture

• Sanuki
• Takamatsu

Tokushima Prefecture

• Mima

Miki has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light snowfall. The average annual temperature in Miki is 15.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1606 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in January, at around 26.2 °C, and lowest in January, at around 5.0 °C.^[4]

Per Japanese census data,^[5] the population of Miki has remained relatively steady over the past half-century.

The area of Miki was part of ancient Sanuki Province. During the Edo Period, the area was part of the holdings of Takamatsu. Following the Meiji restoration, the area was organized into villages with the creation of the modern municipalities system on February 15, 1890. The village of Hirai was raised to town status on April 1, 1919. The town of Miki was created on October 1, 1954 by merging the town of Hirai and the villages of Hikami, Kamiyama, Shimotakaoka and Tanaka.^[6] In 1956 the village of Ido also merged into Miki, but in 1959 residents in the northern part of Ido requested their portion be transferred to the town of Nagao (present-day Sanuki city).^[6]

Miki has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 16 members. Miki contributes one member to the Kagawa Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Kagawa 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

The local economy is based on admixture of agriculture (rice, strawberries, asparagus, tomatoes, and other agricultural products), food processing and light manufacturing.

Miki has four public elementary schools and one public middle school operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Kagawa Prefectural Board of Education.

Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad Kotoden Nagao Line

• Ikenobe - Nōgakubumae - Hiragi - Gakuen-dōri - Shirayama - Ido - Kumonmyō

• Takamatsu Expressway
• National Route 11
• National Route 193
• National Route 377

• Media related to Miki, Kagawa at Wikimedia Commons
• Miki official website (in Japanese) (English version)