Yawatahama

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Yawatahama

Total population

31,987

Air quality index

19Good

Coordinates33.46°, 132.42°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Yawatahama is a city located in of Ehime Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 August 2022, the city had an estimated population of 31,385 in 15,638 households and a population density of 240 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 132.68 square kilometres (51.23 sq mi).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Kazumasa Kōno

Japanese baseball player

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Jōkō Ninomiya

Japanese full-contact karate master, the founder of Enshin kaikan

Shuji Nakamura

Japanese doctor of Engineering (1954-), inventor of the blue LED, 2014 Nobel laureate in Physics

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Shoko Inoue

Japanese singer

Chūhachi Ninomiya

Japanese aviation pioneer (1866–1936)

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Ninomiya Keisaku

Japanese physician (1804-1862)

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Takayuki Kōno

Japanese baseball player

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Teru

Japanese actor, seiyū and owarai tarento

Kazuaki Ueda

Japanese baseball player

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Seijun Ninomiya

Japanese critic

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Sanpei Godai

Japanese actor and tarento

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Bondo Ōki

Japanese singer and tarento

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Motoshi Utsunomiya

Japanese announcer

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Noriaki Miyashita

Japanese baseball player

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Masumitsu Miyamoto

Japanese singer

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Maki Miyamoto

Japanese actress

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Yawatahama

Minzoku no chie

Takahisa Ōmoto · 2005

Maana mikan

Taishi Hirokawa · 2013

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Kikai Volcano, Japan
  Volcanoes · 2026-05-17 · 222 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Yawatahama, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

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