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Hitachi
Sign in to savecity in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
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Vinony's link graph records 281 inbound references to Hitachi, and connects out to Hitachi, Hitachi Vantara and United States.
The entry is geolocated on the map in JP.
Vinony files it under Cities in Ibaraki Prefecture, Hitachi, Ibaraki and Populated coastal places in Japan.
Vinony links it to 44 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Kantō
- Prefecture
- Ibaraki
- Mayor
- Haruki Ogawa (since April 2015)
- Total
- 225.71 km (87.15 sq mi)
- Density
- 734.67/km (1,902.8/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+9 ( Japan Standard Time )
- Phone number
- 0294-22-3111
- Address
- 1-1-1 Sukegawa-chō, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki-ken 317-8601
- Climate
- Cfa
- Website
- Official website
- Bird
- Japanese cormorant
- Fish
- Giant Pacific octopus
- Flower
- Sakura
- Tree
- Zelkova serrata
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 185054
- Area
- 225.86
- Official website
- www.city.hitachi.lg.jp
- Image
- Hitachi City Hall.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hitachi, Ibaraki
- native label
- 日立市
- name in kana
- ひたちし
- inception
- 1939-09-01
- hashtag
- 日立市
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Hitachi Sakura Festival Hitachi (日立市, Hitachi-shi) is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2024, the city had an estimated population of 165,822 in 76,702 households and a population density of 735 persons per km. The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 32.7%. The total area of the city is 225.71 square kilometres (87.15 sq mi). Hitachi is well known in the world for its brand name of electric products, including power plants and appliances, of the Hitachi company founded in the town in 1910 by Namihei Odaira with considerable properties as its factories in the city.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hitachi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.