| Uenohara | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Japan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | |
| Coordinates: | 35.6302°N 139.1113°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Japan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Chūbu (Tōkai) |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Yamanashi |
| Established Title: | Town settled |
| Established Date: | December 27, 1897 |
| Established Title2: | City settled |
| Established Date2: | February 13, 2005 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Nobuyuki Murakami (since March 2021) |
| Area Total Km2: | 170.57 |
| Population Total: | 23158 |
| Population As Of: | July 1, 2019 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time |
| Utc Offset1: | +9 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | City Symbols |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | - Tree |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Japanese maple |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | - Flower |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Gentiana scabra |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | - Bird |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Cettia diphone |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Phone number |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 0554-62-3111 |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Address |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | Uenohara 3832, Uenohara City, Yamanashi 409-0192 |
is a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan., the city had an estimated population of 23,158 in 9987 households,[1] and a population density of 140 persons per km². The total area of the city is 170.57sqkm.
Uenohara is located in the extreme eastern edge of Yamanashi Prefecture, on a fluvial terrace of the Sagami River.
The city has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Uenohara is 13.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1497 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 2.2 °C.[2]
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Uenohara peaked around the year 2000 and has declined since.
The area around present day Uenohara was heavily settled in the Jōmon period, and numerous Jōmon sites have been found within city limits. However, there are fewer Yayoi period sites. During the Nara period ritsuryo organization of Kai Province, the area came under Tsuru County. From the middle of the Kamakura period, much of the province came under the control of the Takeda clan, although as a border area adjacent to the holdings of the Uesugi clan and the Odawara Hōjō clan, it was the location of many skirmishes and battles. During the Edo period, all of Kai Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. During this period, the Kōshū Kaidō, one of the Edo Five Routes, passed through Uenohara, which had four of the 45 post stations on that route. The area was also a noted center for sericulture.
After the Meiji restoration, the village of Uenohara was established on December 27, 1897 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. Uenohara became a town on April 1, 1955 ny annexing seven neighboring villages. The modern city of Uenohara was established on February 13, 2005 by the mergers of the former town of Uenohara (from Kitatsuru District), absorbing the village of Akiyama (from Minamitsuru District).
Uenohara has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 16 members.
The economy of Uenohara is dominated by agriculture, sericulture and textile manufacturing.
Uenohara has five public elementary schools and three public junior high schools operated by the city government and one public high school operated by the Yamanashi Prefectural Board of Education. There is also one private high school. The city also hosts the private Teikyo University of Science.