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Yame

Coordinates: 33°11′58″N 130°33′32″E / 33.19944°N 130.55889°E / 33.19944; 130.55889
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Yame
八女市
Yame Tea Plantation
Yame Tea Plantation
Flag of Yame
Official seal of Yame
Map
Location of Yame in Fukuoka Prefecture
Location of Yame
Yame is located in Japan
Yame
Yame
Location in Japan
Coordinates: 33°11′58″N 130°33′32″E / 33.19944°N 130.55889°E / 33.19944; 130.55889
CountryJapan
RegionKyushu
PrefectureFukuoka Prefecture
Government
 • MayorTsuneyuki Mitamura (since November 2008)
Area
 • Total
482.53 km2 (186.31 sq mi)
Population
 (April 1, 2011)
 • Total
69,907
 • Density140/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall addressHonmachi 647, Yame, Fukuoka (福岡県八女市本町647)
834-8585
ClimateCfa
Websitewww.city.yame.fukuoka.jp
Symbols
FlowerChrysanthemum, Wisteria, Hymenanthes
TreeTea, Cinnamonum camphora

Yame (八女市, Yame-shi) is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1954.

As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 39,372 and a population density of 1,000.81 persons per km². The total area was 39.34 km².

On October 1, 2006 the town of Jōyō (from Yame District) was merged into Yame.

On February 1, 2010, the towns of Kurogi and Tachibana, and the villages of Hoshino and Yabe (all from Yame District) were merged into Yame.

After the merger, as of April 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 69,907, with 23,885 households and a population density of 144.88 persons per km². The total area is 482.53 km², which is second largest area within Fukuoka Prefecture.

Yamecha is produced in Yame and surrounding areas, and is a tea known throughout Japan.

Yame natives include former livedoor CEO Takafumi Horie and NiziU leader Mako Yamaguchi (山口真子).

Geography

Climate

Yame has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa). The average annual temperature in Yame is 15.4 °C (59.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,058.1 mm (81.03 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C (80.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.1 °C (39.4 °F).[1] The highest temperature ever recorded in Yame was 39.2 °C (102.6 °F) on 16 July 1994; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −7.9 °C (17.8 °F) on 25 January 2016.[2]

Climate data for Kurogi, Yame (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 20.9
(69.6)
23.3
(73.9)
25.2
(77.4)
30.8
(87.4)
34.8
(94.6)
36.3
(97.3)
39.2
(102.6)
38.7
(101.7)
36.2
(97.2)
32.6
(90.7)
26.4
(79.5)
23.9
(75.0)
39.2
(102.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 9.4
(48.9)
11.2
(52.2)
14.9
(58.8)
20.4
(68.7)
25.2
(77.4)
27.4
(81.3)
31.0
(87.8)
32.4
(90.3)
28.9
(84.0)
23.7
(74.7)
17.7
(63.9)
11.6
(52.9)
21.2
(70.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 4.1
(39.4)
5.4
(41.7)
8.8
(47.8)
13.9
(57.0)
18.7
(65.7)
22.3
(72.1)
26.0
(78.8)
26.7
(80.1)
23.2
(73.8)
17.5
(63.5)
11.7
(53.1)
6.1
(43.0)
15.4
(59.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −0.5
(31.1)
0.3
(32.5)
3.3
(37.9)
7.8
(46.0)
12.7
(54.9)
18.0
(64.4)
22.3
(72.1)
22.5
(72.5)
18.8
(65.8)
12.5
(54.5)
6.6
(43.9)
1.4
(34.5)
10.5
(50.8)
Record low °C (°F) −7.9
(17.8)
−7.4
(18.7)
−5.1
(22.8)
−2.6
(27.3)
3.9
(39.0)
7.3
(45.1)
13.5
(56.3)
14.0
(57.2)
6.2
(43.2)
0.9
(33.6)
−2.2
(28.0)
−5.5
(22.1)
−7.9
(17.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 59.0
(2.32)
83.3
(3.28)
129.9
(5.11)
151.7
(5.97)
183.8
(7.24)
388.5
(15.30)
414.3
(16.31)
227.1
(8.94)
182.2
(7.17)
86.7
(3.41)
87.2
(3.43)
64.6
(2.54)
2,058.1
(81.03)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 8.6 8.8 11.0 10.5 9.7 13.9 13.7 11.1 9.8 6.7 8.1 8.3 120.2
Mean monthly sunshine hours 116.8 129.7 162.0 183.1 192.9 121.8 161.9 197.3 166.9 177.2 143.4 124.3 1,877.4
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency[1][2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Yame in 2020 is 60,608 people.[3] Yame has been conducting censuses since 1950.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1950 105,194—    
1955 105,820+0.6%
1960 101,573−4.0%
1965 93,353−8.1%
1970 88,888−4.8%
1975 85,736−3.5%
1980 85,078−0.8%
1985 84,556−0.6%
1990 81,895−3.1%
1995 79,492−2.9%
2000 76,689−3.5%
2005 73,262−4.5%
2010 69,053−5.7%
2015 64,408−6.7%
2020 60,608−5.9%
Yame population statistics[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 気象庁 / 平年値(年・月ごとの値). JMA. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  2. ^ a b 観測史上1~10位の値(年間を通じての値). JMA. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Yame population statistics