Yamazoe
village in Yamabe district, Nara prefecture, Japan
Yamazoe (山添村, Yamazoe-mura) is a village located in Yamabe District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 August 2024, the village had an estimated population of 3,077 in 1,307 households, and a population density of 46 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 66.52 km2 (25.68 sq mi).
Geography
Yamazoeis a highland village located in the northeastern part of Nara Prefecture, on the border with Mie Prefecture. The prefecture-designated Place of Scenic Beauty, Mount Kouno, is the highest mountain. The Nabari River flows through the northeastern part of the village. The village has an elevation between 120 and 620 meters.
Surrounding municipalities
Mie Prefecture
Iga
Nabari
Nara Prefecture
Nara
Uda
Climate
Yamazoe has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Yamazoe is 13.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1439 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.2 °C.
Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Yamazoe is as shown below
History
The area of Yamazoe was part of ancient Yamato Province.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Yamazoe” as village in Yamabe district, Nara prefecture, Japan. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Yamabe district, Nara prefecture, Japan. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1203208. VIAF identifies the subject as 137315034. The Library of Congress control number is n88197028. Authority coordinates are 34.681, 136.043. 5 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2024 and 1439.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Yamazoe” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.