Hakusan, Ishikawa
Hakusan
Bạch sơn thị | |
|---|---|
 Hakusan City Hall | |
 Flag  Emblem | |
 Location of Hakusan in Ishikawa Prefecture | |
  Hakusan | |
| Coordinates:36°30′59.9″N136°33′56.1″E/ 36.516639°N 136.565583°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Chūbu(Hokuriku) |
| Prefecture | Ishikawa Prefecture |
| First official recorded | 91 BC |
| Matsutō city settled | October 10, 1970 |
| Changed to current name | February 1, 2005 |
| Government | |
| • - Mayor | Toshikazu Tamura |
| Area | |
| • Total | 754.93 km2(291.48 sq mi) |
| Population (December 31, 2019) | |
| • Total | 113,715[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+9(Japan Standard Time) |
| Phone number | 076-276-1111 |
| Address | 2-1 Kuramitsu, Hakusan-shi, Ishikawa-ken 924-8688 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | Official website |
| Symbols | |
| Bird | Japanese bush-warbler |
| Flower | Morning glory |
| Tree | Japanese beech |
Hakusan(Bạch sơn thị,Hakusan-shi)is acitylocated inIshikawa Prefecture,Japan.As of 31 January 2018[update],the city had an estimatedpopulationof 113,375 in 43246 households, and apopulation densityof 290 persons per km2.[2]The total area of the city was 754.93 square kilometres (291.48 sq mi). It is the second-most populous city in Ishikawa Prefecture after Kanazawa.
Geography
[edit]Hakusan is located in southwestern Ishikawa Prefecture in theHokuriku regionofJapanand is bordered by theSea of Japanto the west andFukui Prefectureto the south, andGifu PrefectureandToyama Prefecturesto the east. The southeastern portion of the city is dominated by high mountains. Parts of the city are within the borders ofHakusan National Park.
Neighbouring municipalities
[edit]- Ishikawa Prefecture
- Fukui Prefecture
- Gifu Prefecture
- Toyama Prefecture
Climate
[edit]Hakusan has ahumid subtropical climate(KöppenCfa) characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hakusan is 14.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2542 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.9 °C.[3]
| Climate data for Hakusan (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1978−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.9 (64.2) |
19.6 (67.3) |
23.9 (75.0) |
29.6 (85.3) |
32.2 (90.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
37.3 (99.1) |
37.4 (99.3) |
35.5 (95.9) |
31.7 (89.1) |
25.5 (77.9) |
23.9 (75.0) |
37.4 (99.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) |
5.9 (42.6) |
10.4 (50.7) |
17.0 (62.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
25.0 (77.0) |
28.8 (83.8) |
30.5 (86.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
20.6 (69.1) |
14.7 (58.5) |
8.2 (46.8) |
17.9 (64.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) |
1.8 (35.2) |
5.1 (41.2) |
11.3 (52.3) |
16.6 (61.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
24.1 (75.4) |
25.2 (77.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
15.3 (59.5) |
9.7 (49.5) |
4.3 (39.7) |
13.0 (55.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
0.8 (33.4) |
5.9 (42.6) |
11.4 (52.5) |
16.2 (61.2) |
20.5 (68.9) |
21.2 (70.2) |
17.2 (63.0) |
11.2 (52.2) |
5.6 (42.1) |
1.2 (34.2) |
9.0 (48.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.0 (14.0) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
1.5 (34.7) |
7.5 (45.5) |
13.6 (56.5) |
13.7 (56.7) |
7.8 (46.0) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
| Averageprecipitationmm (inches) | 340.5 (13.41) |
210.2 (8.28) |
195.6 (7.70) |
167.7 (6.60) |
162.2 (6.39) |
208.7 (8.22) |
290.8 (11.45) |
224.4 (8.83) |
235.6 (9.28) |
215.8 (8.50) |
277.9 (10.94) |
372.1 (14.65) |
2,901.4 (114.23) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 217 (85) |
155 (61) |
56 (22) |
2 (0.8) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.4) |
89 (35) |
518 (204) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 23.5 | 19.2 | 16.8 | 13.2 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 14.7 | 11.2 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 17.2 | 22.5 | 190 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 3 cm) | 17.8 | 14.9 | 6.8 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 8.0 | 47.9 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 51.2 | 74.6 | 120.9 | 175.0 | 196.9 | 139.0 | 139.8 | 186.1 | 138.6 | 137.5 | 99.5 | 56.3 | 1,515.4 |
| Source:Japan Meteorological Agency[4][5][6] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
[edit]Per Japanese census data,[7]the population of Hakusan has recently plateaued after decades of strong growth.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 65,725 | — |
| 1980 | 81,286 | +23.7% |
| 1990 | 98,499 | +21.2% |
| 2000 | 106,977 | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 110,459 | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 110,408 | −0.0% |
History
[edit]The area around Hakusan was part of ancientKaga Province.The area became partKaga Domainunder theEdo periodTokugawa shogunate.Following theMeiji restoration,the area was organised intoIshikawa District, Ishikawa.The town ofMattōwas established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. It became a city on October 10, 1970. On February 1, 2005, Mattō merged with the towns ofMikawaandTsurugi,and the villages ofKawachi,Oguchi,Shiramine,TorigoeandYoshinodani(all from Ishikawa District) to form the city of Hakusan.
Government
[edit]Hakusan has amayor-councilform of government with a directly elected mayor and aunicameralcity legislature of 21 members.
Economy
[edit]Eizoand its subsidiary,Irem,have their headquarters in Hakusan.[8][9]
Education
[edit]Hakusan has 19 public elementary schools and ten middle schools operated by the city government, and three public high schools operated by the Ishikawa Prefectural Board of Education and one by the city government. There is also one private high school.Kinjo College,a private junior college is also located in Hakusan.
Transportation
[edit]Railway
[edit]Effective 16 March 2024,JR Westno longer operates in Hakusan as its operations on theHokuriku Main Linehave since been transferred to theIR Ishikawa Railway.[10]
Hokuriku Railroad-Ishikawa Line
Highway
[edit]
Sister city relations
[edit]
-Fujieda,Shizuoka,Japan
-Columbia,Missouri,United States
-Boston,Lincolnshire,United Kingdom
-Penrith,New South Wales,Australia
-Liyang,Jiangsu,China
-Raunheim,Hesse,Germany
-Beaugency,Loiret,France
Local attractions
[edit]- Ishikawa Forest Experiment Station
- Hakusan,the "White Mountain" from which the merged city took its name.
- Hakusan National Park
- Tedori River
- Torigoe Castleruins, a National Historic Site[11]
- Matto Stadiumis home to the city's majorfootballclub,FC Hokuriku(formerlyFervorosa Ishikawa,Fervorosa HakusanandFC Goals) which competes in the Hokushinetsu Regional League.
References
[edit]- ^"Dân cư および thế mang số"(PDF).Hakusan City(in Japanese).Retrieved4 April2021.
- ^"Official statistics page".Archived fromthe originalon 2019-08-05.Retrieved2018-03-04.
- ^Hakusan climate data
- ^Quan trắc sử thượng 1～10 vị の trị ( trong năm を thông じて の trị ).JMA.RetrievedMarch 5,2022.
- ^Khí tượng sảnh / năm thường trị ( năm ・ nguyệt ごと の trị ).JMA.RetrievedMarch 5,2022.
- ^https://twitter /sayakasofiamori/status/1759534345298252150[bare URL]
- ^Hakusan population statistics
- ^"Corporate InformationArchived2009-11-07 at theWayback Machine."Eizo.Retrieved on October 20, 2009.
- ^"About Irem."Irem.Retrieved on October 20, 2009.
- ^"JR bắc lục bổn tuyến の huyện nội khu gian は16 ngày から đệ ３セクターに"[JR Hokuriku Main Line sections within Ishikawa Prefecture will move to third-sector operations from the 16th of March.].NHK NEWS WEB(in Japanese). 16 March 2024.Archivedfrom the original on 16 March 2024.Retrieved16 March2024.
- ^Điểu càng thành tích phụ nhị khúc thành tích.Cultural Heritage Online(in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs.Retrieved25 September2018.
External links
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Media related toHakusan, Ishikawaat Wikimedia Commons
- Hakusan City official websiteArchived2007-02-19 at theWayback Machine(in Japanese)
- Hakusan City Tourist Information Guide
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