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Akita

秋田
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秋田市 Akita City
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Dountoun Akita
Banner o Akita
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Location o Akita in Akita Prefectur
Location o Akita in Akita Prefectur
Akita is located in Japan
Akita
Akita
 
Coordinates: 39°43′12.1″N 140°6′9.3″E / 39.720028°N 140.102583°E / 39.720028; 140.102583Coordinates: 39°43′12.1″N 140°6′9.3″E / 39.720028°N 140.102583°E / 39.720028; 140.102583
KintraJapan
RegionTōhoku
PrefecturAkita Prefectur
Govrenment
 • MayorNorihisa Satake
Area
 • Total905.67 km2 (349.68 sq mi)
Population
 (October 1, 2011)
 • Total323,310
 • Density360/km2 (920/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time)
- TreeJapanese zelkova
- FlouerSatsuki azalea
Phone nummer018-863-2222
AddressAkita-shi,
Sanno 1 chome, 1-1
010-8560
Websitewww.city.akita.akita.jp

Akita (秋田市, Akita-shi) is the caipital city o Akita Prefectur in the Tohoku region o Honshu, the lairgest o Japan's islands.

As o Juin 11, 2005, wi the merger o the umwhile Kawabe Destrict (includin the umwhile touns o Kawabe an Yūwa), the city haes an estimatit population o 323,310 an density o 356.98 inhabitants per square kilometre (924.6/sq mi). The tot aurie is 905.67 square kilometre (349.68 sq mi).

While the modren city wis offeecially foondit on Aprile 1, 1889, Akita haes been ane o the maist important ceeties in the Tohoku region syne the medieval period. The Ashina an Satake daimyo clans established thair caipital in present-day Akita.

History

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Historically, Akita haes seen chynges throughoot at least fower historical Japanese periods; Edo, Meiji, Showa an Heisei. The beginnins o Akita wur in the Edo period. A dounset, kent as Kubota Castle Toun, wis fairmed that wad later become the centre o Akita. Construction is datit tae 1604.

Meiji

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Progress in the Meiji era includit the renamin o the "Taihei" Schuil (太平学校) tae "Akita Normal" Schuil (師範学校) on Aprile 12 o 1878. In Julie, the schuil seestem wis dividit intae 2 seestems, the Kitaakita an Minamiakita destricts. A year later, on Aprile 1, 1889, Akita wis offeecially established. In Julie the city haw o Akita wis locatit inside the umwhile Minamiakita Destrict office. Transportation bi horsecaur began in Julie frae Shindaikumachi tae Tsuchizaki. This later became the Akita City Rail service. In Mey the first bank opened.

Showa

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War devastatit the city on August 14, 1945. 137 fowk wur killed in an air raid o 134 B-29s, attackin the city frae midnicht tae the early dawn o August 15. A Nippon Company ile refinery in the Tsuchizaki aurie wis targetit. This wis reportedly the farthest-range an an aa the last bombin mission in Warld War II, comin anly oors afore Japan annoonced its surrender.[1]

Heisei Era

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On Aprile 1, 1997 Akita wis designatit as a core city in Japan. In August 2001 The Warld Gemmes wur held in Akita, wi the openin ceremony held in the Yabase Track an Field Stadium. In 2004, the city celebratit its 400t anniversary an its beginnins as Kubota Castle toun.

Merger wi Kawabe Destrict

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On Januar 11, 2005, the city addit the touns o Kawabe an Yūwa tae become the new city o Akita. This incorporatit what remained o Kawabe Destrict, sicweys dissolvin the destrict. The merger celebration wis held at AL☆Ve.

The location o Akita City Haw did nae chynge, an umwhile Kawabe an Yūwa Toun Haws are uised as civic centres.

Thatchin ruif in Jizoideni Archaeological Pairk
Akita Sensyu Pairk

Geography

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Rivers an canals

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  • Omono River
  • Akita-unga Canal (Formerly Omono-gawa River)
  • Asahi-kawa River
  • Iwami-gawa River

Neighborin ceeties

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Climate

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Akita belangs tae a climatic transeetion zone humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) an is interestingly the maist populous city havin absolute northren extremity o this climate zone within Japan, borderin very closely wi the humid continental climate zone, comparable tae New York City, USA. Akita City is characterized wi cauld, verra snawy, winters, an verra warm, humid simmers. Monthly means range frae −0.1 °C (31.8 °F) in Januar tae 24.5 °C (76.1 °F) in August. Due tae its location near the Sea o Japan coast, it receives hivy snawfaw, wi juist abuin 409 centimetre (161 in) per saison, wi accumulation occurring maistly frae December tae Mairch. Precipitation is well-distributit an signeeficant throughoot the year, but is greater in the latter hauf.

Climate data for Akita City (1971-2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record heich °C (°F) 13.7
(56.7) 		19.8
(67.6) 		21.0
(69.8) 		28.0
(82.4) 		31.8
(89.2) 		33.7
(92.7) 		37.9
(100.2) 		38.2
(100.8) 		35.4
(95.7) 		28.9
(84.0) 		23.3
(73.9) 		21.4
(70.5) 		38.2
(100.8)
Average heich °C (°F) 2.7
(36.9) 		3.1
(37.6) 		6.9
(44.4) 		13.6
(56.5) 		18.5
(65.3) 		22.8
(73.0) 		26.4
(79.5) 		28.6
(83.5) 		24.2
(75.6) 		18.2
(64.8) 		11.6
(52.9) 		5.8
(42.4) 		15.2
(59.4)
Average law °C (°F) −2.7
(27.1) 		−2.7
(27.1) 		−0.5
(31.1) 		4.8
(40.6) 		9.9
(49.8) 		15.1
(59.2) 		19.4
(66.9) 		20.9
(69.6) 		16.0
(60.8) 		9.3
(48.7) 		3.7
(38.7) 		−0.2
(31.6) 		7.8
(46.0)
Record law °C (°F) −19.8
(−3.6) 		−24.6
(−12.3) 		−19.5
(−3.1) 		−7.2
(19.0) 		−1.4
(29.5) 		4.1
(39.4) 		8.9
(48.0) 		9.0
(48.2) 		3.1
(37.6) 		−1.4
(29.5) 		−5.4
(22.3) 		−18.7
(−1.7) 		−24.6
(−12.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 114.4
(4.50) 		92.0
(3.62) 		93.0
(3.66) 		117.6
(4.63) 		122.8
(4.83) 		127.5
(5.02) 		178.1
(7.01) 		181.9
(7.16) 		177.9
(7.00) 		160.7
(6.33) 		183.5
(7.22) 		163.8
(6.45) 		1,713.2
(67.45)
Average snowfall cm (inches) 142
(56) 		120
(47) 		51
(20) 		2
(0.8) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		13
(5.1) 		79
(31) 		409
(161)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.5 mm) 24.0 20.0 17.5 13.2 12.5 11.2 13.6 11.0 13.6 15.6 19.8 23.6 195.6
Average snawy days 27.1 23.7 16.9 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 6.6 20.7 97.3
Average relative humidity (%) 73 72 68 68 72 76 79 77 76 73 72 73 73
Mean monthly sunshine oors 44.6 65.6 135.7 175.0 191.4 178.0 171.5 200.4 154.9 148.1 84.7 47.6 1,597.4
Source #1: Japan Meteorological Agency
Source #2: 観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）

Sister / friendship ceeties

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Internaitional sister / friendship ceeties

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Transportation

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Rail

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  • East Japan Railway Company
    • Akita Shinkansen: Akita
    • Ōu Main Line: Ōbarino, Wada, Yotsugoya, (Akita Service Center), Akita, (Akita Freight Station), (Akita General Service Center: Adjacent tae Tsuchizaki, branches tae the richt haund side afore the station), Tsuchizaki, Kami-Iijima, Oiwake
    • Oga Line: Oiwake
    • Uetsu Main Line: Katsurane, Araya, Ugo-Ushijima, Akita
  • Akita Rinkai Railway (Freight)
    • Tsuchizaki—Port o Akita
      • North Line: Port o Akita—North Port o Akita
      • Sooth Line: Port o Akita—Mukaihama
  • Akita Destrict Forest Service
    • Nibestu Shinrin Railway (Abolished)

Road

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  • Expressways
    • Akita Expressway: Akita North Interchynge, Akita Chūō Interchynge, Akita Sooth Interchynge
    • Japan Sea-Tōhoku Expressway: Akita Airport Interchynge
    • Kawabe Junction：Akita Expressway, Japan Sea-Tōhoku Expressway
  • Akita Central Highway
  • Naitional Highways (Ordinary)
    • Highway 7
    • Highway 13
    • Highway 341

Bus

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  • Akita Chūō Kōtsū

Air

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Boat

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Akita port laundmerk touer
  • Port o Akita (designatit port)
    • North Port o Akita (Akita Ferry Terminal)
    • Sooth Port o Akita

References

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  1. ↑ Reyher, Charles. Memoirs of a B-29 Pilot, page 146 (Lulu.com 2008): "This superfortress strike unwittingly collapsed a coup in progress at the Japanese Imperial Palace and saved Tokyo from a nuclear strike and ended World War II."

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