:Nanbu, Yamanashi

Nanbu is the southernmost municipality in Yamanashi Prefecture. The Fuji River runs through the town. Some 90% of the town's area is covered with forest, and less than 4% is used for agriculture. At an average elevation of 150 meters, Nanbu has the lowest elevation of any municipality in Yamanashi.

Shizuoka Prefecture

• Aoi-ku, Shizuoka
• Fujinomiya

Yamanashi Prefecture

• Minobu

The town has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Nanbu is 15.1 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1858 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.5 °C.[https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/yamanashi/nanbu-986356/ Nanbu climate data]

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|location = Nanbu (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present)

|Jan record high C = 18.1

|Feb record high C = 25.1

|Mar record high C = 25.7

|Apr record high C = 29.9

|May record high C = 33.5

|Jun record high C = 38.1

|Jul record high C = 37.9

|Aug record high C = 38.9

|Sep record high C = 38.1

|Oct record high C = 32.5

|Nov record high C = 26.5

|Dec record high C = 25.3

|Jan record low C = -7.1

|Feb record low C = -8.5

|Mar record low C = -4.9

|Apr record low C = -1.2

|May record low C = 3.6

|Jun record low C = 11.1

|Jul record low C = 14.5

|Aug record low C = 16.4

|Sep record low C = 10.8

|Oct record low C = 3.8

|Nov record low C = -2.1

|Dec record low C = -5.9

|Jan high C = 10.3

|Feb high C = 11.5

|Mar high C = 14.6

|Apr high C = 19.9

|May high C = 24.1

|Jun high C = 26.5

|Jul high C = 30.1

|Aug high C = 31.8

|Sep high C = 28.3

|Oct high C = 22.8

|Nov high C = 17.5

|Dec high C = 12.5

|Jan mean C = 3.6

|Feb mean C = 5.0

|Mar mean C = 8.5

|Apr mean C = 13.6

|May mean C = 18.2

|Jun mean C = 21.6

|Jul mean C = 25.3

|Aug mean C = 26.4

|Sep mean C = 23.0

|Oct mean C = 17.4

|Nov mean C = 11.3

|Dec mean C = 5.9

|Jan low C = -1.1

|Feb low C = -0.1

|Mar low C = 3.3

|Apr low C = 8.2

|May low C = 13.4

|Jun low C = 17.9

|Jul low C = 21.8

|Aug low C = 22.7

|Sep low C = 19.4

|Oct low C = 13.6

|Nov low C = 7.1

|Dec low C = 1.3

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|Jan precipitation mm = 92.6

|Feb precipitation mm = 106.5

|Mar precipitation mm = 204.3

|Apr precipitation mm = 204.1

|May precipitation mm = 214.2

|Jun precipitation mm = 251.1

|Jul precipitation mm = 294.6

|Aug precipitation mm = 248.0

|Sep precipitation mm = 403.5

|Oct precipitation mm = 299.4

|Nov precipitation mm = 148.0

|Dec precipitation mm = 92.1

|year precipitation mm = 2558.2

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 5.4

|Feb precipitation days = 6.2

|Mar precipitation days = 10.5

|Apr precipitation days = 9.8

|May precipitation days = 10.4

|Jun precipitation days = 12.5

|Jul precipitation days = 12.3

|Aug precipitation days = 10.7

|Sep precipitation days = 11.6

|Oct precipitation days = 10.7

|Nov precipitation days = 7.7

|Dec precipitation days = 5.6

|Jan sun = 178.6

|Feb sun = 163.3

|Mar sun = 159.4

|Apr sun = 173.0

|May sun = 170.6

|Jun sun = 117.1

|Jul sun = 128.0

|Aug sun = 165.3

|Sep sun = 125.1

|Oct sun = 131.6

|Nov sun = 150.5

|Dec sun = 171.5

|year sun = 1833.9

|source 1 = Japan Meteorological Agency{{cite web

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Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-yamanashi.php Nanbu population statistics] the population of Nanbu has declined steadily over the past 80 years.

{{Historical populations

| 1940 | 19,293

| 1950 | 17,911

| 1960 | 16,124

| 1970 | 13,576

| 1980 | 12,465

| 1990 | 11,826

| 2000 | 10,863

| 2010 | 9,011

| 2020 | 7,156

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The area around present-day Nanbu is the ancestral home of the Nanbu clan, a prominent daimyō clan in northern Japan during the Edo period. During the Edo period, all of Kai Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. During the cadastral reform of the early Meiji period on April 1, 1889, the village of Nanbu was created within Minamikoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture. The village was raised to town status in 1955.

Nanbu merged with the neighboring town of Tomizawa on March 1, 2003, forming the new town of Nanbu.

Traditionally, forest and the cultivation of green tea were mainstays of the local economy.

Nanbu has four public elementary schools (Mutsuai ES, Sakae ES, Tomikawa ES and Manzawa ES) and one public junior high school (Nanbu JHS) operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school, so students must commute to neighboring town of Minobu or to the city of Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture.

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