is a
city
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located in
Fukuoka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders S ...
,
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 The term has at least two different meanings, and has been used in several contexts.
People
* – a clan of ''kuge'' (court nobles) prominent in the Nara and Heian periods (710–1185)
* – a clan of ''daimyō'' (feudal lords) prominent in the Mu ...
, 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
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of 69,907, with 23,885
household
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s and a
population density
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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
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CEO
Takafumi Horie
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and
NiziU
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leader Mako Yamaguchi (山口真子).
Geography
Climate
Yame has a
humid subtropical climate (
Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...
: ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Yame 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 Yame was on 16 July 1994; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 25 January 2016.][
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Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Yame in 2020 is 60,608 people.[ Yame has been conducting censuses since 1950.
]
See also
* Groups of Traditional Buildings
References
External links
*
Yame City official website
Brief introduction of Yame tea
Cities in Fukuoka Prefecture
1954 establishments in Japan
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