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located in Kanzaki District,

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. , the town had an estimated

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of 16,161 in 6,792 households, and a

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of 370 people per km². The total area of the town is .

Geography

Yoshinogari is located in the northern part of

. It is about north of Saga City and about south of

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. Yoshinogari is very narrow north to south. The southern part contains the northern end of the Chikushi Plains (part of the Saga Plains), and north of the Nagasaki Expressway is the southern end of the Sefuri Mountains.

Adjoining municipalities

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* Fukuoka City, Sawara Ward * Nakagawa

* Kamimine * Kanzaki * Miyaki

Climate

Yoshinogari 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 Yoshinogari is 15.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1946 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 5.0 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Yoshinogari is as shown below. Saga Prefecture population by municipality
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History

The area of Yoshinogari was part of ancient

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. During the

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, it was part of the holdings of Saga Domain. Following the

Meiji restoration The , referred to at the time as the , and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored Imperial House of Japan, imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Althoug ...

, the villages of Mitagawa and Higashi-Sefuri were established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1965 Mitagawa was raised to town status. Mitagawa and Higashi-Sefuri

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to form the town of Yoshinogari on March 1, 2006. The town took its name from the remains of a

Yayoi period The Yayoi period (弥生時代, ''Yayoi jidai'') (c. 300 BC – 300 AD) is one of the major historical periods of the Japanese archipelago. It is generally defined as the era between the beginning of food production in Japan and the emergence o ...

moat-encircled village that was discovered on Yoshinogari Hill in 1986 at the site of a planned factory housing complex.

Government

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

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town council of 12 members. Yoshinogari, collectively with the other municipalities of Miyaki District, contributes two members to the Saga Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of the Saga 2nd district of the

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of the

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. The

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Metabaru Air Field is located in Yoshinogari.

Economy

The economy of Yoshinogari is based on agriculture, mostly rice production, and light manufacturing.

Education

Yoshinogari has two public elementary schools and two public junior high schools by the town government. The town does not have a high school.

Transportation

Railways

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- Nagasaki Main Line :

Highways

Nagasaki Expressway (Higashi-Sefuri Interchange) * *

Local attractions

* Yoshinogari site, Special National Historic Site

References

External links

*
Yoshinogari official website
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