is a
city
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located in
Hiroshima Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...
,
Japan
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. The city was founded on March 31, 1954. As of May 2017, the city has an estimated
population
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of 53,616 and a
population density
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of 69 persons per km
2.
The total area is 778 km
2.
On April 1, 2004, Miyoshi absorbed the towns of
Kisa,
Mirasaka and
Miwa, the villages of
Funo,
Kimita and
Sakugi (all from
Futami District), and the town of
Kōnu (from
Kōnu District) to create the new and expanded city of Miyoshi. Futami District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
Geography
Climate
Miyoshi has a
humid subtropical climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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''Cfa'') characterized by cool to mild winters and hot, humid summers. The average annual temperature in Miyoshi 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 Miyoshi was on 16 July 2018; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 27 February 1981.][
]
Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Miyoshi in 2020 is 50,681 people.[ Miyoshi has been conducting censuses since 1950.
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References
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Cities in Hiroshima Prefecture
Populated places established in 1954