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located in Yamabe District,

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. , the village had an estimated

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of 3,077 in 1,307 households, and a

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of 46 persons per km². The total area of the village is .

Geography

Yamazoeis a highland village located in the northeastern part of Nara Prefecture, on the border with

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. The prefecture-designated Place of Scenic Beauty, Mount Kouno, is the highest mountain. The Nabari River flows through the northeastern part of the village. The village has an elevation between 120 and 620 meters.

Surrounding municipalities

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* Nabari

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* Uda

Climate

Yamazoe has a

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(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Yamazoe is 13.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1439 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.2 °C. Yamazoe climate: Average Temperature, weather by month
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Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Yamazoe is as shown below

History

The area of Yamazoe was part of ancient

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. After the

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, the village of Higashiyama in Soekami District, and villages of Watano and Toyohara in Yamabe District were established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On September 30, 1956 the three villages merged to form the village of yamazoe.

Government

Yamazoe has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a

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village council of ten members. Yamazoe, together with the city of Nara contributes 11 members to the Nara Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of the Nara 2nd district of the

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of the

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Economy

The economy of Yamazoe is agricultural. The area is noted for its

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production.

Education

Yamazoe has one public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the village government and one public high school operated by the Nara Prefectural Board of Education.

Transportation

Railways

Yamazoe has no passenger railway service. The nearest train stations are the Iga Railway Uenoshi Station (20 minutes by car), or either

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Iga-Kambe Station or

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Iga-Ueno Station (both 25 minutes by car) 20 minutes by car from Iga Railway Uenoshi Station (Ninjashi Station)