Tiba ( Jap. 千葉 市 Chiba-si ) is a city in Japan , the administrative center of Chiba Prefecture . Located about 40 km east of the center of Tokyo in Tokyo Bay . Since 1992, it has the status of a city defined by government decree .
| City defined by government decree | |||||
| Chiba | |||||
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| Jap. 千葉 市 | |||||
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| A country |  Japan | ||||
| Status | Administrative center | ||||
| Prefecture | Chiba | ||||
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| History and geography | |||||
| Based | 1921 | ||||
| Square | 272.08 km² | ||||
| Timezone | UTC + 9 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 965,480 people ( 2014 ) | ||||
| Density | 3548.52 people / km² | ||||
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| Code | 12100-2 | ||||
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| Region | Kanto | ||||
| Symbolism | Flower : Komarov Lotos Tree : Keyaki | ||||
| city.chiba.jp (jap.) | |||||
Content
Title
The name of the city in Japanese is written in two Chinese characters . The first ( Chinese. ) Means "one thousand", the second Chinese. 葉 - "leaves." The name is first mentioned as the name of one of the areas under the control of the so-called " kuni-no-miyatsuko " ( Jap. 千葉 国 造 , Chiba Kuni no Miyatsuko, Chiba-kuni-no-miyatsuko). [1] . The name was adopted by the local branch of the Taira clan , whose representatives moved to the territory of the modern city at the end of the Heian period . This branch of the Taira clan adopted this name and became known as the Tiba clan. The Chiba clan had a significant influence on the territory of the modern Chiba prefecture until the beginning of the Azuchi-Momoyama period . The name Chiba was chosen for Chiba Prefecture when it was created in 1873 , at the beginning of the Meiji era [2]
Climate
The climate is subtropical monsoon (according to the Köppen climate classification - Cfa) with very hot summers and mild winters. The amount of precipitation is large throughout the year, a little less precipitation falls in winter.
| Chiby climate | |||||||||||||
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| Indicator | Jan. | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sen | Oct. | Nov. | Dec | Year |
| Average maximum, ° C | 9.8 | 10.2 | 13.2 | 18.3 | 22.3 | 25.0 | 28.6 | 30.5 | 26.9 | 21.8 | 16.9 | 12.4 | 19.6 |
| Average temperature, ° C | 5.7 | 6.1 | 8.9 | 14.0 | 18.3 | 21.3 | 25.0 | 26.7 | 23.3 | 18.0 | 12.9 | 8.3 | 15.7 |
| Average minimum, ° C | 1.9 | 2.3 | five | 10.1 | 14.8 | 18.4 | 22.3 | 23.9 | 20.5 | 14.9 | 9.2 | 4.4 | 12.3 |
| Precipitation rate, mm | 59.6 | 59.5 | 110 | 110.4 | 112.5 | 149.9 | 122.5 | 134.3 | 200.4 | 185.9 | 91 | 51.5 | 1387.5 |
| Source: Japan Meteorological Agency | |||||||||||||
Administrative division
| Chiba Districts | |
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Chiba is divided into six districts ( ku ):
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Chuo-ku Hanamigawa-ku Inage-ku Midori-ku Mihama-ku Wakaba-ku |
Transportation
- Kokudo 16
Twin Cities
- North Vancouver , Canada (1970)
- Asuncion , Paraguay (1970)
- Houston , United States (1972)
- Quezon City , Philippines (1972)
- Tianjin , PRC (1986)
- Montreux , Switzerland (1996)
- Wujiang , PRC (1996)
In literature
In literature, Chiba, as the city of the future, is found in William Gibson 's famous neuromance cyberpunk novel.
Notes
- 造 千葉 国 造 （下 総） (Jap.)
- ↑ "千葉 県 の 成立 と 行政 的 的 遷" , Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei (日本 歴 史 地名 大 系) , Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2012 , < http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ > . Verified April 1, 2012. Archived copy of August 25, 2007 on Wayback Machine
Links
- Official site (jap.)