In 2003, the town had an estimated population of 8,765 and a density of 117.19 persons per km². The total area was 74.79 km².
On January 11, 2005, Nagahama, along with the town of Hijikawa and the village of Kawabe (all from Kita District), was merged into the expanded city of Ōzu and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Located on the coast, some of Nagahama's industries include fishing, logging, and a traditional wooden sandal factory. It is renowned in its area for its fugu (blowfish) sushi.
There is an observatory in Nagahama from which a view of the Hijikawa River feeding into the Seto Inland Sea can be seen. There is a famous old drawbridge that is the oldest of its kind in Japan still in use. Iyo-Nagahama Station serves Nagahama and has been featured in several movies[which?].
nagahama, ehime, nagahama, 長浜町, nagahama, chō, town, located, kita, district, ehime, prefecture, japan, 2003, town, estimated, population, density, persons, total, area, january, 2005, nagahama, along, with, town, hijikawa, village, kawabe, from, kita, distric. Nagahama 長浜町 Nagahama chō was a town located in Kita District Ehime Prefecture Japan In 2003 the town had an estimated population of 8 765 and a density of 117 19 persons per km The total area was 74 79 km On January 11 2005 Nagahama along with the town of Hijikawa and the village of Kawabe all from Kita District was merged into the expanded city of Ōzu and no longer exists as an independent municipality Located on the coast some of Nagahama s industries include fishing logging and a traditional wooden sandal factory It is renowned in its area for its fugu blowfish sushi There is an observatory in Nagahama from which a view of the Hijikawa River feeding into the Seto Inland Sea can be seen There is a famous old drawbridge that is the oldest of its kind in Japan still in use Iyo Nagahama Station serves Nagahama and has been featured in several movies which Nagahama is also known as Iyo Nagahama and is not to be confused with Nagahama City in Shiga Prefecture Climate editClimate data for Nagahama 1991 2020 normals extremes 1978 present Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high C F 19 9 67 8 22 4 72 3 25 7 78 3 28 0 82 4 30 6 87 1 35 5 95 9 35 5 95 9 35 9 96 6 35 0 95 0 31 3 88 3 26 4 79 5 24 1 75 4 35 9 96 6 Mean daily maximum C F 9 8 49 6 10 2 50 4 13 1 55 6 17 6 63 7 21 7 71 1 24 5 76 1 28 9 84 0 29 9 85 8 26 7 80 1 22 3 72 1 17 4 63 3 12 4 54 3 19 5 67 2 Daily mean C F 6 5 43 7 6 8 44 2 9 4 48 9 13 6 56 5 17 7 63 9 21 2 70 2 25 4 77 7 26 5 79 7 23 5 74 3 18 6 65 5 13 5 56 3 8 7 47 7 15 9 60 7 Mean daily minimum C F 3 1 37 6 3 3 37 9 5 6 42 1 9 7 49 5 14 1 57 4 18 5 65 3 22 7 72 9 23 7 74 7 20 6 69 1 14 9 58 8 9 6 49 3 5 2 41 4 12 6 54 7 Record low C F 2 6 27 3 4 2 24 4 2 5 27 5 0 9 33 6 5 0 41 0 10 0 50 0 14 9 58 8 17 5 63 5 11 3 52 3 4 1 39 4 1 6 34 9 2 1 28 2 4 2 24 4 Average precipitation mm inches 44 5 1 75 59 2 2 33 94 7 3 73 107 1 4 22 132 4 5 21 243 7 9 59 207 8 8 18 106 4 4 19 147 0 5 79 97 6 3 84 71 1 2 80 59 9 2 36 1 371 2 53 98 Average precipitation days 1 0 mm 7 0 7 7 9 8 9 5 9 0 12 2 10 0 7 5 9 0 7 5 7 7 8 6 105 5Mean monthly sunshine hours 104 9 129 0 169 7 196 1 217 5 161 9 207 1 231 5 171 0 168 1 127 0 98 8 1 982 7Source Japan Meteorological Agency 1 2 References edit 観測史上1 10位の値 年間を通じての値 JMA Retrieved March 2 2022 気象庁 平年値 年 月ごとの値 JMA Retrieved March 2 2022 External links editOfficial website of Ōzu in Japanese nbsp This Ehime Prefecture location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nagahama Ehime amp oldid 1074824962, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
