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Nahari

奈半利町
Nahari 奈半利町
Town
	Nahari town hall
	Flag Chapter
	Location of Nahari in Kōchi Prefecture
	Nahari Location in Japan
	Coordinates: 33°25′N 134°1′E / 33.417°N 134.017°E
Country	Japan
Region	Shikoku
Prefecture	Kōchi
District	Aki
Area
• Total	28.36 km2 (10.95 sq mi)
Population (January 1, 2022)
• Total	3,058
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address	1659 Ōtsu, Nahari-chō, Aki-gun, Kōchi-ken 781-6402
Website	Official website
Symbols
Bird	Warbling white-eye
Tree	Sakura

Nahari (奈半利町, Nahari-chō) is a town located in Aki District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2022^[update], the town had an estimated population of 3,058 in 1665 households and a population density of 110 persons per km².^[1] The total area of the town is 28.36 square kilometres (10.95 sq mi).

Geography

Nahari is located in southeastern Kōchi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, with a coastline the Pacific Ocean to the southwest.

Neighbouring municipalities

Kōchi Prefecture

Climate

Nahari has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light snowfall. The average annual temperature in Nahari is 16.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2541 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 6.7 °C.^[2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[3] the population of Nahari has decreased steadily since the 1960s.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1920	4,848	—
1930	5,170	+6.6%
1940	4,975	−3.8%
1950	7,293	+46.6%
1960	6,914	−5.2%
1970	5,084	−26.5%
1980	4,874	−4.1%
1990	4,527	−7.1%
2000	4,027	−11.0%
2010	3,542	−12.0%
2020	3,034	−14.3%

History

As with all of Kōchi Prefecture, the area of Nahari was part of ancient Tosa Province. The name of Aki District appears in Nara period . During the Edo period, the area was part of the holdings of Tosa Domain ruled by the Yamauchi clan from their seat at Kōchi Castle. The village of Nahari was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on October 1, 1889. It was raised to town status on May 1, 1916.

Government

Nahari has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of ten members. Nahari, together with the other municipalities of Aki District, contributes one member to the Kōchi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Kōchi 1st district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy

Nahari's economy is centered on commercial fishing, horticulture, and small ship repair.

Education

Nahari has one public elementary school and one public middle school operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school. The town also had the Karyogo Elementary School, but it closed its doors as a school on March 27, 2022.