Nagai, Yamagata

Nagai is located in mountainous southern Yamagata Prefecture. The Mogami River passes through eastern portion the city, and the northwest end of the city includes Mount Asahi.

• Yamagata Prefecture
• Asahi
• Iide
• Kawanishi
• Nan'yō
• Oguni
• Shirataka

Nagai has a Humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is heaviest from August to October. The average annual temperature in Nagai is {{cvt|11.0|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1856.5|mm}} with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around {{cvt|23.8|C}}, and lowest in January, at around {{cvt|-0.9|C}}.

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|location = Nagai (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1976−present)

|Jan record high C = 14.2

|Feb record high C = 16.4

|Mar record high C = 20.0

|Apr record high C = 28.8

|May record high C = 33.4

|Jun record high C = 34.3

|Jul record high C = 35.3

|Aug record high C = 36.9

|Sep record high C = 35.3

|Oct record high C = 29.6

|Nov record high C = 25.7

|Dec record high C = 17.3

|Jan record low C = -14.6

|Feb record low C = -18.3

|Mar record low C = -13.6

|Apr record low C = -6.4

|May record low C = -0.2

|Jun record low C = 5.5

|Jul record low C = 9.6

|Aug record low C = 10.3

|Sep record low C = 4.2

|Oct record low C = -0.9

|Nov record low C = -7.7

|Dec record low C = -14.3

|Jan high C = 2.4

|Feb high C = 3.4

|Mar high C = 7.3

|Apr high C = 14.9

|May high C = 21.3

|Jun high C = 24.7

|Jul high C = 27.8

|Aug high C = 29.2

|Sep high C = 24.8

|Oct high C = 18.7

|Nov high C = 11.9

|Dec high C = 5.3

|Jan mean C = -0.9

|Feb mean C = -0.6

|Mar mean C = 2.5

|Apr mean C = 8.8

|May mean C = 15.1

|Jun mean C = 19.3

|Jul mean C = 22.9

|Aug mean C = 23.8

|Sep mean C = 19.4

|Oct mean C = 13.0

|Nov mean C = 6.7

|Dec mean C = 1.6

|Jan low C = -4.2

|Feb low C = -4.4

|Mar low C = -1.8

|Apr low C = 3.1

|May low C = 9.2

|Jun low C = 14.6

|Jul low C = 18.9

|Aug low C = 19.5

|Sep low C = 15.2

|Oct low C = 8.4

|Nov low C = 2.4

|Dec low C = -1.5

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|Jan precipitation mm = 179.4

|Feb precipitation mm = 127.0

|Mar precipitation mm = 120.2

|Apr precipitation mm = 109.4

|May precipitation mm = 109.4

|Jun precipitation mm = 141.8

|Jul precipitation mm = 246.4

|Aug precipitation mm = 160.2

|Sep precipitation mm = 139.0

|Oct precipitation mm = 139.1

|Nov precipitation mm = 180.4

|Dec precipitation mm = 204.3

|year precipitation mm = 1856.5

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 23.4

|Feb precipitation days = 19.0

|Mar precipitation days = 17.4

|Apr precipitation days = 13.5

|May precipitation days = 11.3

|Jun precipitation days = 11.0

|Jul precipitation days = 14.0

|Aug precipitation days = 11.5

|Sep precipitation days = 11.7

|Oct precipitation days = 13.1

|Nov precipitation days = 17.3

|Dec precipitation days = 22.1

|Jan snow cm = 260

|Feb snow cm = 200

|Mar snow cm = 112

|Apr snow cm = 9

|May snow cm = 0

|Jun snow cm = 0

|Jul snow cm = 0

|Aug snow cm = 0

|Sep snow cm = 0

|Oct snow cm = 0

|Nov snow cm = 5

|Dec snow cm = 140

|year snow cm = 731

|unit snow days = 3 cm

|Jan snow days = 23.1

|Feb snow days = 19.4

|Mar snow days = 12.9

|Apr snow days = 1.2

|May snow days = 0

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0

|Oct snow days = 0

|Nov snow days = 0.6

|Dec snow days = 11.8

|Jan sun = 49.8

|Feb sun = 66.5

|Mar sun = 124.0

|Apr sun = 172.1

|May sun = 197.2

|Jun sun = 164.6

|Jul sun = 137.7

|Aug sun = 174.3

|Sep sun = 132.5

|Oct sun = 117.2

|Nov sun = 86.2

|Dec sun = 52.0

|year sun = 1481.3

|source 1 = Japan Meteorological Agency{{cite web

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Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-yamagata.php Nagai population statistics] the population of Nagai has declined over the past 70 years.

{{Historical populations

| 1920 | 26,797

| 1930 | 31,359

| 1940 | 32,182

| 1950 | 37,429

| 1960 | 36,211

| 1970 | 33,221

| 1980 | 33,286

| 1990 | 33,260

| 2000 | 31,987

| 2010 | 29,476

| 2020 | 26,543

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The area of present-day Nagai was part of Dewa Province and was part of the holdings of Yonezawa Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. The village of Nagai was created within Nishiokitama District, Yamagata with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Nagai merged with the neighboring villages of Toyoda, Hirano, Nishine and Isazawa on November 15, 1954 to form the city of Nagai.

Nagai has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 16 members. The city contributes two members to the Yamagata Prefectural Assembly shared with Nishiokitama District. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Yamagata District 2 of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

The economy of Nagai is based on agriculture and light manufacturing of electronic and robotic components and pharmaceuticals.

Nagai has six public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the city government and two public high schools operated by the Yamagata Prefectural Board of Education.

20px East Japan Railway Company - Yonesaka Line

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16 px Yamagata Railway Company - Flower Nagai Line

• {{STN|Imaizumi|x}} - {{STN|Tokiniwa|x}} - {{STN|Minami-Nagai|x}} - {{STN|Nagai|x|Yamagata}} - {{STN|Ayame Kōen|x}} - {{STN|Uzen-Narita|x}} - {{STN|Shirousagi|x}}

• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|113}}
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|287}}

{{see also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Japan}}

• {{flagicon|Germany}} Bad Säckingen, Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg, Germany,{{cite web|url=http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=06&n=Yamagata%20Prefecture|title=International Exchange|work=List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures|publisher=Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR)|accessdate=21 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135715/http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=06&n=Yamagata%20Prefecture|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} since May 8, 1983
• {{flagicon|China}} Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang, China, since May 21, 1992

• Hirofumi Watanabe, professional soccer player

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