Amagasaki

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Location of Amagasaki inHyōgo Prefectur
Coordinates:34°44′N135°24′E
Kintra	Japan
Region	Kansai
Prefectur	Hyōgo Prefectur
Govrenment
• Mayor	Kazumi Inamura (Greens Japan)
Area
• Total	49.77 km2(19.22 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	450,244
• Density	9010/km2(23,300/sq mi)
Symbols
• Tree	Dogwood
• Flouer	Oleander
Time zone	UTC+9(Japan Staundart Time)
City Hall Address	1-23-1 Higashinanamatsu-chō, Amagasaki-shi, Hyōgo-ken 660-8501
Website	Ceety o Amagasaki

Amagasaki(Ni kỳ thị,Amagasaki-shi)is an industrialceetylocatit inHyōgo Prefectur,Japan.The ceety wis foondit on Aprile 1, 1916. Its population is aroond 460,000, belaw its peak o ower 554,000 in 1971.^{[citation needit]}

History

Durin theEdo period,theAmagasaki Domainhaed its admeenistrative heidquarters atAmagasaki Castlehere.

Notable residents

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Transportation

Railways

• Wast Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Main Line(JR Kobe Line)Amagasaki Station (JR)-Tachibana Station
  • Fukuchiyama Line(JR Takarazuka Line) Amagasaki Station (JR) -Tsukaguchi Station (JR)-Inadera Station
  • JR Tōzai LineAmagasaki Station (JR)
• Hankyu Railway
  • Kobe LineSonoda Station - Tsukaguchi Station (Hankyu) - Mukonoso Station
  • Itami LineTsukaguchi Station (Hankyu)
• Hanshin Electric Railway
  • Main LineKuise Station - Daimotsu Station -Amagasaki Station (Hanshin)- Deyashiki Station - Amagasaki Center Pool mae Station - Mukogawa Station
  • Hanshin Namba LineDaimotsu Station -Amagasaki Station (Hanshin)

A commuter train derailed on the Fukuchiyama Line near Amagazaki on Aprile 25, 2005, resultin in mair nor 100 dead an 550 injured. SeeAmagasaki rail crashfor details.

JR Amagasaki Station

Roads

• Route 2,Route 43, Route 171
• Expressways
  • Meishin Expressway
  • Hanshin ExpresswayKobe Route (3)
  • Hanshin Expressway Wangan Route (5)
• Yamate Road

Politics o Amagasaki

• Amagasaki mayoral election, 2002

On the 22 o November, 2010Kazumi InamuraArchived2013-10-14 at theWayback Machineacamethe first popularly electit Greens Japan MayorArchived2013-09-05 at theWayback Machineas well as the first popularly electit female mayor o the ceety wi 54% o the vote.

Economy

Amagasaki is a major pairt o the Hanshin Industrial Region. Local businesses include manufacturers such asOsaka Titanium Technologies.The value o manufactured guids shipments in Amagasaki wis 1,288 billion yen in 2004. See an aaHanshin Industrial Region.

Sister ceeties

• Augsburg,Germany - syne Aprile 7, 1959
• Anshan,Cheenae - syne Februar 2, 1983 (friendship ceety)

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial wabsteid(in Japanese)
• Rediscover AmagasakiArchived2007-02-04 at theWayback Machine(in Inglis)