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Yamaguchi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Yamaguchi Prefecture has a population of 1,377,631 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 6,112 km2 (2,359 sq mi). Yamaguchi Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture t ...
, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 55,119, with 24,392 households and a population density of 616 persons per km2. The total area is 89.44 km2. The city was founded on November 3, 1939, being formed by the merger of the former town of Kudamatsu, and the villages of Hanaoka, Kubo and Suetake-minami. Each of these were previously part of Tsuno District.


Geography


Climate

Kudamatsu has a humid subtropical climate (
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''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 Kudamatsu is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Kudamatsu was on 13 August 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 27 February 1981.


Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Kudamatsu in 2020 is 55,887 people. Kudamatsu has been conducting censuses since 1920.


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* Cities in Yamaguchi Prefecture Populated places established in 1939 Port settlements in Japan Populated coastal places in Japan 1939 establishments in Japan {{Yamaguchi-geo-stub