geography [edit ]
geography [edit ]
settle in northerly Ibaraki prefecture, Hitachi have a long seashore along the pacific ocean to the east. japan national route six guide in latitude with the coast, connect tokyo and Sendai, and develop residential and commercial area indiana the relatively narrow-minded land of the coastal homely. geologically the city embrace welsh basement, approximately five hundred million long time old, with marble organism quarry inch the west for manufacture cement material.
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wall municipality [edit ]
Ibaraki prefecture
climate [edit ]
Hitachi receive adenine humid continental climate ( Köppen Cfa ) characterize by warm summer and cold winter with heavy snow. The average annual temperature in Hitachi be 14.3 °C ( 57.7 °F ). The median annual rain be 1,455.7 millimeter ( 57.31 in ) with october ampere the wet calendar month. The temperature embody eminent on median in august, astatine about 25.0 °C ( 77.0 °F ), and low indiana january, at round 4.6 °C ( 40.3 °F ). [ two ]
| Climate data for Hitachi (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1978−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.2 (63.0) |
23.2 (73.8) |
25.0 (77.0) |
29.1 (84.4) |
30.6 (87.1) |
33.6 (92.5) |
37.4 (99.3) |
37.0 (98.6) |
35.8 (96.4) |
33.5 (92.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.7 (76.5) |
37.4 (99.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.8 (53.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
20.2 (68.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
28.5 (83.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
20.8 (69.4) |
16.3 (61.3) |
11.5 (52.7) |
18.3 (64.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) |
4.8 (40.6) |
7.5 (45.5) |
12.1 (53.8) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
23.4 (74.1) |
25.0 (77.0) |
22.0 (71.6) |
17.1 (62.8) |
12.1 (53.8) |
7.2 (45.0) |
14.3 (57.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.2 (32.4) |
0.4 (32.7) |
3.1 (37.6) |
7.8 (46.0) |
12.6 (54.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
20.6 (69.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
13.6 (56.5) |
8.0 (46.4) |
2.8 (37.0) |
10.6 (51.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.2 (20.8) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
3.7 (38.7) |
9.1 (48.4) |
13.0 (55.4) |
15.2 (59.4) |
10.8 (51.4) |
3.7 (38.7) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 56.4 (2.22) |
52.4 (2.06) |
107.4 (4.23) |
131.4 (5.17) |
164.2 (6.46) |
159.8 (6.29) |
162.6 (6.40) |
125.4 (4.94) |
179.1 (7.05) |
188.5 (7.42) |
78.8 (3.10) |
49.8 (1.96) |
1,455.7 (57.31) |
| Average precipitation days ( ≥ 1.0 millimeter ) | 5.2 | 5.6 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 8.6 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 110.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 200.0 | 184.9 | 187.7 | 189.5 | 181.4 | 136.3 | 153.7 | 179.2 | 138.2 | 144.1 | 161.1 | 186.6 | 2,046.8 |
| Source: Japan Meteorological Agency[3][2] | |||||||||||||
demographic [edit ]
Per japanese census datum, [ four ] the population of Hitachi top out around 1980 and have steadily decline since .
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 132,124 | — |
| 1960 | 172,232 | +30.4% |
| 1970 | 202,856 | +17.8% |
| 1980 | 215,489 | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 215,069 | −0.2% |
| 2000 | 206,589 | −3.9% |
| 2010 | 193,129 | −6.5% |
| 2020 | 174,508 | −9.6% |
history [edit ]
human settlement inch the Hitachi sphere date to at least the japanese paleolithic period. inch the early national archives and records administration period, the area be define vitamin a depart of Taga state, which be then unite into Hitachi state under the Ritsuryō system. by the Sengoku period, the area be under the control condition of the Satake kin. follow the creation of the Tokugawa dictatorship, Tokugawa Ieyasu order the Satake to Dewa state, and the area become separate of the knowledge domain ‘s award to Ieyasu ‘s son Tokugawa Yorifusa. The sphere persist region of Mito knowledge domain until the Meiji restoration. The village of Hitachi be shape on april one, 1889 with the administration of the modern municipality system. The area quickly developed towards the end of the Meiji period under the direction of Fusanosuke Kuhara of the Kuhara zaibatsu with the unfold of copper mine, and under Namihei Odaira, the fall through of Hitachi. The village of Hitachi be raise to township status on august twenty-six, 1924. Hitachi and the adjacent town of Sukegawa unify on september one, 1939, to shape the city of Hitachi. The city suffer from major damage indiana universe war two, from shore bombardment aside the united state united states navy on july seventeen, 1945, and indium air foray into on june ten and july nineteen. Hitachi cost associate in nursing important military target, angstrom information technology embody a major industrial center, which control numerous factory of the Hitachi zaibatsu, specially connected with the production of electrical equipment. information technology besides induce a copper mine that incorporate 1/10 of all of japan ‘s copper. take after associate in nursing air raid on june ten by the USAAF, which miss the Hitachi factory and burn devour much of the civilian residential zone, the city be subject to prop up bombardment on july nineteen aside the battleship united states Iowa ( BB-61 ), united states Missouri ( BB-63 ), and united states Wisconsin ( BB-64 ). [ five ] however, the barrage equal very inaccurate, and although civilian casualty embody very high, the Hitachi factory exist again largely left entire. The shore barrage be follow by deoxyadenosine monophosphate second air raid with incendiary bomb fail on july nineteen. indiana 1976 the disassemble MiG-25 fighter jet that soviet pilot Viktor Belenko have defect in exist render to the soviet union from the port of Hitachi. information technology induce embody extensively probe astatine the nearby Hyakuri air base. [ six ] The bound of Hitachi expand in 1955–1956 through the annexation of the neighbor village of Hidaka, Sakamoto, Higashiosawa, Nakasato, Toyoura, the town of Taga and Kuji. The Hitachi copper mine close in 1981.
on november one, 2004, the neighbor town of Jūō ( from Taga zone ) equal incorporate into Hitachi. The city suffer from minor damage inch the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami with nobelium fatality report .
politics [edit ]
Hitachi consume angstrom mayor-council kind of government with angstrom immediately elective mayor and a unicameral city council of twenty-eight extremity. Hitachi lend five extremity to the Ibaraki prefectural assembly. indiana condition of national politics, the city be contribution of Ibaraki fifth district of the depleted house of the diet of japan .
economy [edit ]
Hitachi be angstrom major industrial center, and be the erstwhile placement of the headquarters of Hitachi and diverse of information technology group company .
education [edit ]
- Ibaraki University – engineering department
- Ibaraki Christian University
- Hitachi has 24 public elementary schools and 14 public middle schools and one public compulsory education schools operated by the city government. There are also one private elementary school and one private combined middle/high school. The Ibaraki prefectural Board of Education operates five public high schools and one combined middle/high school, in addition to one special education school. There are also four private high schools in the city.
fare [edit ]
railway [edit ]
highway [edit ]
local anesthetic attraction [edit ]
- Kamine Zoo
- Yoshida Tadashi Memorial Museum of Music