Tonami 砺波市 | |
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 Tonami City Hall | |
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 Location of Tonami in Toyama Prefecture | |
  Tonami | |
| Coordinates:36°38′51″N136°57′44″E / 36.64750°N 136.96222°E /36.64750; 136.96222 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Chūbu (Kōshin'etsu) |
| Prefecture | Toyama |
| Government | |
| • - Mayor | Osamu Natsuno (since November 2012) |
| Area | |
• Total | 127.03 km2 (49.05 sq mi) |
| Population (March 31, 2018) | |
• Total | 48,659 |
| • Density | 383.05/km2 (992.10/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Phone number | 0763-33-1111 |
| Address | 7-3 Sakae, Tonami-shi, Toyama-ken 939-1398 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | www |
| Symbols | |
| Bird | Brown-eared bulbul |
| Flower | Tulip |
| Tree | Cryptomeria |
Tonami (砺波市,Tonami-shi) is acity inToyama Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 March 2018[update], the city had an estimated population of 48,659 in 16,739 households[1] and a population density of 384 persons per km2. Its total area was 127.03 square kilometres (49.05 sq mi).[2]
Tonami is located in the Tonami plains of western Toyama Prefecture. Much of the area is adispersed settlement typical of this region of Japan.
Tonami has ahumid continental climate (KöppenCfa) characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Himi is 13.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2414 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.4 °C.[3]
| Climate data for Tonami (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1976−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.9 (66.0) | 20.8 (69.4) | 27.0 (80.6) | 30.2 (86.4) | 32.2 (90.0) | 34.9 (94.8) | 36.2 (97.2) | 38.8 (101.8) | 35.9 (96.6) | 33.9 (93.0) | 27.8 (82.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 38.8 (101.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 6.4 (43.5) | 10.7 (51.3) | 16.8 (62.2) | 22.0 (71.6) | 25.1 (77.2) | 28.8 (83.8) | 30.4 (86.7) | 26.3 (79.3) | 20.8 (69.4) | 14.9 (58.8) | 8.9 (48.0) | 18.1 (64.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) | 2.4 (36.3) | 5.9 (42.6) | 11.5 (52.7) | 16.9 (62.4) | 20.7 (69.3) | 24.7 (76.5) | 25.9 (78.6) | 21.9 (71.4) | 16.2 (61.2) | 10.5 (50.9) | 5.1 (41.2) | 13.7 (56.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.9 (30.4) | −1.2 (29.8) | 1.5 (34.7) | 6.4 (43.5) | 12.4 (54.3) | 17.2 (63.0) | 21.4 (70.5) | 22.2 (72.0) | 18.2 (64.8) | 12.2 (54.0) | 6.5 (43.7) | 1.6 (34.9) | 9.8 (49.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.9 (12.4) | −12.0 (10.4) | −8.6 (16.5) | −1.6 (29.1) | 4.1 (39.4) | 9.8 (49.6) | 14.7 (58.5) | 14.5 (58.1) | 9.3 (48.7) | 1.3 (34.3) | −2.3 (27.9) | −11.8 (10.8) | −12.0 (10.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 239.7 (9.44) | 151.5 (5.96) | 143.1 (5.63) | 115.8 (4.56) | 110.0 (4.33) | 167.7 (6.60) | 227.7 (8.96) | 201.1 (7.92) | 214.0 (8.43) | 168.2 (6.62) | 220.2 (8.67) | 269.3 (10.60) | 2,228.2 (87.72) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 159 (63) | 128 (50) | 26 (10) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 62 (24) | 374 (147) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 23.0 | 18.8 | 17.1 | 12.7 | 10.8 | 11.2 | 13.9 | 10.7 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 17.3 | 22.4 | 184.2 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 3 cm) | 14.0 | 12.1 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 5.7 | 35 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 58.5 | 83.6 | 135.0 | 173.6 | 199.9 | 142.9 | 146.1 | 193.4 | 131.3 | 138.2 | 103.9 | 65.8 | 1,581.5 |
| Source:Japan Meteorological Agency[4][5] | |||||||||||||
Per Japanese census data,[6] the population of Tonami has recently plateaued after a long period of growth.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 41,403 | — |
| 1980 | 43,530 | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 44,521 | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 48,092 | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 49,410 | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 48,154 | −2.5% |
The area of present-day Tonami was part of ancientEtchū Province, and was part of the holdings ofKaga Domain under theEdo periodTokugawa shogunate. The town of Tonami was founded on April 1, 1952 by the merger of the town of Demachi with the villages of Gokaya, Aburaden, Shoge, Nakamura and Hayashi. The villages of Aoshima and Ogami joined two months later on June 1, 1952. The villages of Ota, Minamihannya, Higachi-Nojiri, Yanaze and Nishi-Tonami were annexed on January 15, 1954, followed by Sendan, Sendanyama, Hannya, and Higashi-Hannya on March 1. The expanded town of Tonami was raised to city status on April 1, 1954. On November 1, 2004, the town ofShōgawa (fromHigashitonami District) was merged into Tonami.
Tonami has amayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and aunicameral city legislature of 18 members.
Tonami has eight public elementary schools and four public junior high schools operated by the town government, and two public high schools operated by the Toyama Prefectural Board of Education.[citation needed]
Lisse, Netherlands, sister city since April 21, 1992[7]
Panjin,Liaoning, China, friendship city since April 25, 1991[7]
Yalova, Turkey, friendship city since October 3, 1989[7]
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