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Hitachi
Sign in to savecity in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
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
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Ibaraki Prefecture
- Population
- 185054
- Area
- 225.86
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Shares border with
- Tōkai-mura
- Official website
- www.city.hitachi.lg.jp
- Image
- Hitachi City Hall.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hitachi, Ibaraki
- topic's main category
- Category:Hitachi, Ibaraki
- native label
- 日立市
- name in kana
- ひたちし
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hitachi, Ibaraki
- inception
- 1939-09-01
- twinned administrative body
- Yamanobe
- hashtag
- 日立市
- associated electoral district
- Ibaraki 5th district
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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.