Ōmura, Nagasaki
Ōmura (大村市, Ōmura-shi) is a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of March 31, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 95,146[1] and a population density of 750 persons per km2. Its total area is 126.33 km2, and it includes Nagasaki Airport.
Ōmura
大村市 | |
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 Ōmura City Hall | |
 Flag  Chapter | |
 Location of Ōmura in Nagasaki Prefecture | |
  Ōmura Location in Japan | |
| Coordinates: 32°54′0″N 129°57′30″E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kyushu |
| Prefecture | Nagasaki Prefecture |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hiroshi Sonoda |
| Area | |
| • Total | 126.34 km2 (48.78 sq mi) |
| Population (March 31, 2017) | |
| • Total | 95,146 |
| • Density | 750/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
| City hall address | 1-25 Kushima, Omura-shi, Nagasaki-ken 856-8686 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | www |
| Symbols | |
| Flower | Omura sakura |
| Tree | Quercus gilva |
History
Ōmura is a castle town, and was the capital of Ōmura Domain, ruled by the local Ōmura clan for over 900 years in pre-Meiji Japan. It was the site of considerable foreign trade and missionary activity during the late Muromachi period, and the Catholic saint Marina de Omura hails from this city. Due to its proximity to the trading settlement at Dejima in Nagasaki, was one of the first areas of Japan to re-open to foreign contact after the end of the national seclusion policy after the Meiji Restoration. In the opera Madama Butterfly, set in nearby Nagasaki, the place name Omara in the line "ed alla damigella Butterfly del quartiere d'Omara Nagasaki" probably refers to Ōmura. From 1868-1945, Ōmura was host to numerous military facilities as part of the Sasebo Naval District, most notably that of a major air base for the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. The former naval base was the location of the squalid[2] Ōmura Migrant Detention Center, where mainly Korean refugees—termed "stowaways" (mikkōsha synonymous with "smuggler")—were held until deportation, frequently for several years. Since August 1996 the nearby Ōmura Immigration Reception Center in a modern building serves the same function.[3]
The modern city was founded on February 11, 1942. It was largely destroyed by American bombing on October 25, 1944. Its postwar recovery was assisted by the construction of Nagasaki airport offshore in Ōmura Bay, and by other public works projects.
Geography
Climate
Ōmura has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen:Cfa) with hot summers and cool winters. The average annual temperature in Ōmura is 17.3 °C (63.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,811.1 mm (71.30 in) with June and July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 28.3 °C (82.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.7 °C (44.1 °F).[4] Its record high is 38.7 °C (101.7 °F), reached on 12 August 2018, and its record low is −6.2 °C (20.8 °F), reached on 25 January 2016.[5]
| Climate data for Ōmura (1996−2020 normals, extremes 1996−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.3 (68.5) |
22.0 (71.6) |
25.0 (77.0) |
28.3 (82.9) |
31.7 (89.1) |
36.2 (97.2) |
37.2 (99.0) |
38.7 (101.7) |
36.0 (96.8) |
32.2 (90.0) |
26.3 (79.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
38.7 (101.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) |
12.0 (53.6) |
15.5 (59.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
30.8 (87.4) |
32.6 (90.7) |
29.3 (84.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
21.6 (70.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) |
7.6 (45.7) |
10.7 (51.3) |
15.2 (59.4) |
19.7 (67.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
27.1 (80.8) |
28.3 (82.9) |
25.0 (77.0) |
20.0 (68.0) |
14.4 (57.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
17.3 (63.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 2.9 (37.2) |
3.5 (38.3) |
6.2 (43.2) |
10.8 (51.4) |
15.5 (59.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.1 (77.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
15.9 (60.6) |
10.4 (50.7) |
5.3 (41.5) |
13.5 (56.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.2 (20.8) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
2.7 (36.9) |
7.7 (45.9) |
12.8 (55.0) |
18.0 (64.4) |
19.1 (66.4) |
13.3 (55.9) |
7.6 (45.7) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 57.4 (2.26) |
77.4 (3.05) |
112.6 (4.43) |
143.5 (5.65) |
158.0 (6.22) |
305.5 (12.03) |
305.5 (12.03) |
221.1 (8.70) |
179.7 (7.07) |
94.3 (3.71) |
88.3 (3.48) |
67.7 (2.67) |
1,811.1 (71.30) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 8.0 | 8.3 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 12.7 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 9.0 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 109.1 |
| Source: Japan Meteorological Agency[5][4] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Ōmura in 2020 is 95,397 people.[6] Ōmura has been conducting censuses since 1960. Although the city's population declined slightly in the 1960s, Ōmura's population has been growing since 1970.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 59,752 | — |
| 1965 | 56,425 | −5.6% |
| 1970 | 56,538 | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 60,919 | +7.7% |
| 1980 | 65,538 | +7.6% |
| 1985 | 69,472 | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 73,435 | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 79,279 | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 84,414 | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 88,040 | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 90,528 | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 92,757 | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 95,397 | +2.8% |
| Ōmura population statistics[6] | ||
Economy
Ōmura has a mixed economy, with the manufacture of refractory bricks as a major industry. Dairy and poultry farming, as well as cultured pearls are also of importance. However, due to its proximity to the larger urban centers of Nagasaki and Sasebo, Ōmura also serves as bedroom community for both cities.
Oriental Air Bridge, a regional airline, is headquartered in the city.[7] At one time J-Air had its headquarters at the airport.[8]
Sports
Ōmura hosted the official 2011 Asian Basketball Championship for Women.
Sister City relations
Sintra, Portugal[9]
San Carlos, California, USA[9]
Semboku, Akita, Japan[9]- Itami, Hyōgo, Japan[9]
Friendly Cities
Minhang District, Shanghai, China[9]
Notable people
- Hantaro Nagaoka, Meiji-era physicist
- Anza Ohyama, singer and stage actress
- Masaki Okino, footballer
- Taira Shige, footballer
References
- "Official website of Ōmura City" (in Japanese). Japan: Ōmura City. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- "East Asian version of the Nazi concentration camps ... We should not be misled by the facts that it has no gas chambers ..." Hayashi Kōzō, cit. in: Morris-Suzuki, Tessa; Borderline Japan: foreigners and frontier controls in the post-war era; Cambridge 2010; ISBN 978-0-521-86460-2, p. 167
- Morris-Suzuki, Tessa; Borderline Japan: foreigners and frontier controls in the post-war era; Cambridge 2010; ISBN 978-0-521-86460-2. Ch. 6
- 気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値）. JMA. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- 観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）. JMA. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- Ōmura population statistics
- "オリエンタルエアブリッジ株式会社." Oriental Air Bridge. Retrieved on May 20, 2009.
- "World Airline Directory." Flight International. March 19–25, 2002. 80.
- 大村市. "Sister Cities and a Friendly City". 大村市. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Omura, Nagasaki. |
- Ōmura City official website (in English)
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