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Takahagi

高萩市
Takahagi city hall
Takahagi city hall
Flag of Takahagi
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Official logo of Takahagi
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Location of Takahagi in Ibaraki Prefecture
Location of Takahagi in Ibaraki Prefecture
Takahagi is located in Japan
Takahagi
Takahagi
Location in Japan
Country Japan
Region Kantō
Prefecture Ibaraki
Area
 • Total 193.58 km2 (74.74 sq mi)
Population
 (July 2020)
 • Total 27,522
 • Density 142.174/km2 (368.228/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- Tree Pine
- Flower Lespedeza
- Bird Green pheasant
Phone number 0293-23-2111
Address 3-10-16 Kasuga-cho, Takahagi-shi, Ibaraki-ken 318-8511
Hananuki valley Shiomi-taki bridge
Hananuki valley
Takado Coast 01
Takado Beach

Takahagi (高萩市, Takahagi-shi) is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July  2020 (2020 -07-01), the city had an estimated population of 27,522 in 11,651 households and a population density of 140 persons per km2. The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 36.2%. The total area of the city is 193.58 square kilometres (74.74 sq mi).

Geography

Located in northern Ibaraki Prefecture, Takahagi is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east, and by Fukushima Prefecture to the northwest.

Surrounding municipalities

Ibaraki Prefecture

Fukushima Prefecture

  • Hanawa

Climate

Takahagi has a Humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Takahagi is 13.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1429 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.8 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Takahagi has declined in recent decades.

Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
1950 29,637 —    
1960 32,816 +10.7%
1970 29,548 −10.0%
1980 32,436 +9.8%
1990 35,320 +8.9%
2000 32,602 −7.7%
2010 31,017 −4.9%
2020 27,699 −10.7%

History

During the Edo period, Takahagi was the jōkamachi of Matsuoka Domain, one of the feudal domains of the Tokugawa shogunate in Hitachi Province, ruled by the Nakamura clan, the hereditary karō of Mito Domain. With the creation of the modern municipalities system after the Meiji Restoration on April 1, 1889, the town of Matsubara, and the villages of Matsuoka, Takaoka, Kurosaki and Kushigata was established within Taga District, Ibaraki). Matsuoka was raised to town status on April 17, 1928. Matsubara was renamed Takahagi on October 1, 1937.

Takahagi merged with Matsubara, Takaoka and Kurosaki on November 23, 1954 and was raised to city status. The city suffered considerable damage in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Economy

Takahagi was once part of the Jōban coal fields, but the mines were exhausted by the 1960s. Since that time, the economy had been oriented towards light manufacturing and food processing. Agriculture and commercial fishing also play subordinate roles.

Education

Takahagi has four public elementary schools and three public middle schools operated by the city government, and two public high schools operated by the Ibaraki Prefectural Board of Education. There is also one private high school

Transportation

Railway

JR logo (east).svg JR East – Jōban Line

  • Takahagi

Highway

  • Jōban Expressway – Takahagi Interchange
  • National Route 6
  • National Route 461

Local attractions

  • Matsuoka Castle ruins
  • Hanazono-Hananuki Prefectural Nature Park
  • Hananuki Dam
  • Takado Beach

Noted people from Takahagi

  • Jinzō Matsumura, botanist

See also

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