Kanazawa, Ishikawa

Kanazawa (金沢市, Kanazawa-shi^?) is the caipital ceety o Ishikawa Prefectur, Japan.

Table o contents

1 Geography, climate, an population
2 Sister ceeties
3 References
4 Freemit airtins

Geography, climate, an population [edit]

Kanazawa - Cherry blossoms ootside Kenroku-en Garden

Kanazawa sits on the Sea o Japan, bordered bi the Japan Alps, Hakusan National Park an Noto Peninsula National Park. The ceety sits atween the Sai an Asano rivers. Its total aurie is 467.77 km².

Kanazawa's weather is temperate though rainy. Average temperaturs are similar tae those o Tokyo though slightly ceuler. Mean temperaturs are approximately 4°C in Januar, 15°C in April, 25°C in Julie an August, 15°C in October, an 5°C in December. The minimum temperatur on record wis -2.3°C (2002), wi a maximum o 37.5°C (2002). The ceety is relatively wet, wi an average humidity o 73% an 178 rainy days in an average year. Precipitation is heichest in the hairst an winter; it averages mair than 250 mm / month November through Januar.

In the quinquennial census o 2010, the ceety haed a population o 462,478 (2005: 454,607),^[1] givin a population density o 989 persons per km².