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Yorii

寄居町
Yorii 寄居町
Town
	Yorii town office in February 2011
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	Location of Yorii in Saitama Prefecture
	Yorii
	Coordinates: 36°7′6″N 139°11′34.7″E / 36.11833°N 139.192972°E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Saitama
District	Ōsato
Area
• Total	64.25 km2 (24.81 sq mi)
Population (March 2021)
• Total	32,851
• Density	510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Phone number	048-581-2121
Address	1080-1 Yorii, Yorii-machi, Ōsato-gun, Saitama-ken 369-1292
Climate	Cfa
Website	Official website
Symbols
Bird	Green pheasant
Flower	Erythronium japonicum
Tree	Prunus serrulata

Yorii (寄居町, Yorii-machi) is a town in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2021^[update], the town had an estimated population of 32,851 in 14,689 households and a population density of 510 persons per km².^[1] The total area of the town is 64.25 square kilometres (24.81 sq mi).

Geography

Located in northwestern Saitama Prefecture, Yorii is on the central reaches of the Arakawa River, just downstream of Nagatoro, and is approximately 70 kilometers from downtown Tokyo.

Surrounding municipalities

Saitama Prefecture

Climate

Yorii has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ageo is 13.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1746 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.2 °C.^[2]

Climate data for Yorii (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	19.9 (67.8)	24.0 (75.2)	27.1 (80.8)	32.3 (90.1)	35.6 (96.1)	39.2 (102.6)	39.9 (103.8)	39.5 (103.1)	38.4 (101.1)	33.0 (91.4)	26.8 (80.2)	25.6 (78.1)	39.9 (103.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	9.3 (48.7)	10.1 (50.2)	13.6 (56.5)	19.4 (66.9)	24.1 (75.4)	26.5 (79.7)	30.3 (86.5)	31.7 (89.1)	27.2 (81.0)	21.6 (70.9)	16.4 (61.5)	11.7 (53.1)	20.2 (68.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)	3.1 (37.6)	4.0 (39.2)	7.4 (45.3)	12.8 (55.0)	17.7 (63.9)	21.2 (70.2)	25.0 (77.0)	26.0 (78.8)	22.1 (71.8)	16.3 (61.3)	10.4 (50.7)	5.3 (41.5)	14.3 (57.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−2.2 (28.0)	−1.4 (29.5)	1.8 (35.2)	6.9 (44.4)	12.3 (54.1)	17.0 (62.6)	21.2 (70.2)	22.1 (71.8)	18.4 (65.1)	12.3 (54.1)	5.6 (42.1)	0.1 (32.2)	9.5 (49.1)
Record low °C (°F)	−9.2 (15.4)	−8.2 (17.2)	−6.1 (21.0)	−3.1 (26.4)	2.2 (36.0)	7.1 (44.8)	14.3 (57.7)	14.5 (58.1)	7.7 (45.9)	2.5 (36.5)	−3.3 (26.1)	−8.2 (17.2)	−9.2 (15.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	36.1 (1.42)	28.9 (1.14)	61.2 (2.41)	84.9 (3.34)	110.2 (4.34)	160.1 (6.30)	179.4 (7.06)	174.3 (6.86)	210.3 (8.28)	185.7 (7.31)	45.0 (1.77)	28.3 (1.11)	1,304.4 (51.35)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	3.5	3.9	7.7	8.2	9.6	12.7	13.0	10.1	11.7	9.2	5.1	3.5	98.2
Mean monthly sunshine hours	210.0	194.2	201.9	190.6	181.5	129.0	144.1	164.6	128.5	141.6	168.4	196.5	2,059
Source: JMA^[3]^[4]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[5] the population of Yorii peaked around the year 2000 and had declined since.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1950	26,857	—
1960	25,478	−5.1%
1970	25,137	−1.3%
1980	28,469	+13.3%
1990	33,659	+18.2%
2000	37,724	+12.1%
2010	35,774	−5.2%
2020	32,374	−9.5%

History

Yorii developed as a post station on the pilgrimage route to the temples of the Chichibu area from the Kamakura period, and was a castle town to Hachigata Castle during the Sengoku period. The town of Yorii was created within Hanzawa District, Saitama with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Hanzawa District was abolished in 1896, becoming part of Ōsato District. ^{[citation needed]}

In February 1955, the town expanded by annexing the neighboring villages of Orihara, Hachigata, Obusuma, and Yodo.^{[citation needed]}

Government

Yorii has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 16 members. Yorii, together with the town of Misato and city of Fukaya, contributes three members to the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Saitama 11th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy

Honda has an automobile assembly plant in Yorii, which is a major local employer.

Education

Yorii has six public elementary schools and three public middle schools operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Saitama Prefectural Board of Education.