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Nagato (長門市, Nagato-shi) is a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on March 31, 1954. As of October 1, 2016, the city has an estimated population of 34,882 and a population density of 97 persons per km². The total area is 357.92 km².

Nagato 長門市
City
Nagato city hall
Flag Seal
Location of Nagato in Yamaguchi Prefecture
Nagato Location in Japan
Coordinates: 34°22′20″N 131°11′00″E
Country	Japan
Region	Chūgoku (San'yō)
Prefecture	Yamaguchi Prefecture
Government
• Mayor	Kurao Ōnishi
Area
• Total	357.92 km2 (138.19 sq mi)
Population  (October 1, 2016)
• Total	34,882
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
Climate	Cfa
Website	www.city.nagato.yamaguchi.jp
Symbols
Flower	Sakura and Azalea
Tree	Sakura and Azalea

Nagato consists of five smaller towns that were absorbed over the past several years. The towns are Fukawa, Senzaki, Yuya, Heki and Misumi (all from Ōtsu District). Nagato also encompasses Omijima Island and the township of Kayoi.

The nearby Omijima Island has many pebbled beaches and scuba diving on one of its northern beaches. The island is reached by a large road bridge which connects the Senzaki Peninsula with the southern edge of the island.

There are many onsen on the southern edge of the town in Yumoto with hot springs.

History

In the Tokugawa era, the area was under the jurisdiction of the Chōshū domain.

In the 2017 Japanese general election, 76.25% of Nagato's proportional ballots were cast for either one of the two parties in the conservative ruling coalition (the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito) or one of the two minor LDP-allied conservative parties (Party for Japanese Kokor) and New Party Daichi), making it the most conservative city in the country for that election under this definition, and the second most conservative municipality overall behind Himeshima, Ōita.[1]

Geography

Climate

Nagato has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with hot summers and cool winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is much higher in summer than in winter. The average annual temperature in Nagato is 15.9 °C (60.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,790.8 mm (70.50 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.1 °C (80.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.8 °C (42.4 °F).[2] The highest temperature ever recorded in Nagato was 36.7 °C (98.1 °F) on 14 August 2018; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −6.1 °C (21.0 °F) on 26 February 1981.[3]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Nagato in 2020 is 32,519 people.[4] Nagato has been conducting censuses since 1920.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1920 49,511 —     1925 50,249 +1.5% 1930 50,855 +1.2% 1935 50,753 −0.2% 1940 50,776 +0.0% 1945 64,030 +26.1% 1950 64,281 +0.4%	Year Pop. ±% 1955 66,112 +2.8% 1960 62,866 −4.9% 1965 57,669 −8.3% 1970 53,247 −7.7% 1975 51,421 −3.4% 1980 50,892 −1.0% 1985 50,259 −1.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1990 47,656 −5.2% 1995 45,565 −4.4% 2000 43,473 −4.6% 2005 41,127 −5.4% 2010 38,317 −6.8% 2015 35,439 −7.5% 2020 32,519 −8.2%
Nagato population statistics[4]

Transportation

Railways

• West Japan Railway Company(JR Nishi Nihon)
  • San'in Main Line
  • Senzaki Branch Line (San'in Main Line)
  • Mine Line

Famous people

• Shinzo Abe
• Misuzu Kaneko
• Shigeru Aburaya

Economy

Fujimitsu Corporation, a manufacturer of fish surimi products, is headquartered in the city.[5]

Recent annexion

• On March 22, 2005, the towns of Heki, Misumi and Yuya (all from Ōtsu District) were merged into Nagato.

References

External links

Media related to Nagato, Yamaguchi at Wikimedia Commons

• Nagato City official website (in Japanese)

На других языках

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[de] Nagato

Nagato (japanisch .mw-parser-output .Hani{font-size:110%}長門市, Nagato-shi) ist eine Stadt in der Präfektur Yamaguchi in Japan.

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- [en] Nagato, Yamaguchi

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[es] Nagato (Yamaguchi)

Nagato (長門市, Nagato-shi?) es una ciudad japonesa ubicada en la prefectura de Yamaguchi en Japón, fundada el 31 de marzo de 1954.

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[ru] Нагато (город)

Нагато (яп. 長門市 Нагато-си) — город в Японии, находящийся в префектуре Ямагути. Площадь города составляет 357,94 км²[1], население — 35 771 человек (1 августа 2014)[2], плотность населения — 99,94 чел./км².

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