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Gojō, Nara

Gojō (五條市, Gojō-shi) is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 November 2024, the city had an estimated population of 26,998 in 13363 households, and a population density of 92 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 292.02 km2 (112.75 sq mi).

Located in western Nara Prefecture, the Yoshino River flows west through the city. It is surrounded mostly by mountains, although the city hall is located in a flat basin. Situated north of the city hall is Mount Kongō, at 1,125 meters. Persimmon is a major fruit crop in Gojō.

Nara Prefecture

Osaka Prefecture

Wakayama Prefecture

Gojō has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with hot summers and cool to cold winters. Precipitation is significantly higher in summer than in winter, though on the whole lower than most parts of Honshū, and there is no significant snowfall. The average annual temperature in Gojō is 14.5 °C (58.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,453.5 mm (57.22 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.5 °C (79.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.3 °C (37.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Gojō was 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) on 5 August 2021; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −7.2 °C (19.0 °F) on 19 February 2012.

Per Japanese census data, the population of Gojō in 2020 is 27,927 people. The population has been on decline over the past quarter of a century. Gojō has been conducting censuses since 1950.

The area of Gojō was part of ancient Yamato Province, and contains many kofun burial mounds and ancient Shinto shrine. During the Edo period, it was a castle town and part of the tenryō holdings under the direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. During the Bakumatsu period, it was one of the sites of the Tenchūgumi incident. The town of Gojō was established on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. It was raised to city status on October 15, 1957 by merging with the town of Nohara and the villages of Makino, Kitauchi, Uchi, Sakaibe, Oata, and Minamiata. The village of Minamiuchi was annexed on January 1, 1957, and the villages of Nishiyoshino and Ōtō on September 25, 2005.

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