Iizuka
Iizuka (飯塚市 Iizuka-shi) is a ceety locatit at the confluence o the Honami an Onga rivers in central Fukuoka Prefectur, Japan. The ceety wis foondit on 20 Januar 1932.
Iizuka 飯塚市 | |
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 Flag | |
 Location of Iizuka in Fukuoka Prefectur | |
| Coordinates: 33°39′N 130°41′E / 33.650°N 130.683°ECoordinates: 33°39′N 130°41′E / 33.650°N 130.683°E | |
| Kintra | Japan |
| Region | Kyushu |
| Prefectur | Fukuoka Prefectur |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Morichika Saitō |
| Area | |
| • Total | 214.13 km2 (82.68 sq mi) |
| Population (January 2008) | |
| • Total | 132,208 |
| • Density | 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Symbols | |
| • Tree | Camphor Laurel |
| • Flouer | Cosmos |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time) |
| City Hall Address | 5-5 Shintateiwa, Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka-ken 820-8501 |
| Website | Iizuka City |
Iizuka wis a important post-station on the Nagasaki Kaidō durin the Edo Era. As Japan industrialisit, Iizuka became the centre o the maist productive coal fields in Japan locatit throuoot the surroondin Chikuho destrict. Efter the end o Warld War II thare wis a lairge influx o fowk intae the ceety as it wis ane o the few auries that affered a lairge nummer o jobs in the coal mines an relatit fields.
Syne the coal mines closed, Iizuka Ceety has suffered frae a consistently declinin population base. Housomeivver, its proximity tae baith Fukuoka Ceety an Kitakyushu Ceety cushioned the effect o the coal industry shutdoun an kept the local economy frae goin intae freefall. Nou Iizuka haes a strang licht industrial base an is a centre for education an a rapidly expandin IT economy.
As o 2008, the ceety haes an estimatit population o 132,208 an a population density o 617 bodies per km². The total aurie is 214.13 km².
On 26 Mairch 2006, Iizuka absorbit the touns o Chikuho, Honami, Kaita an Shōnai (aw frae Kaho Destrict) tae create the new an expandit ceety o Iizuka.
Climate
eeditIizuka haes a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate clessification Cfa) wi hot simmers an ceul winters. Precipitation is significant throuoot the year, but is hintle heicher in simmer than in winter.
| Climate data for Iizuka, Fukuoka | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) |
9.8 (49.6) |
13.9 (57.0) |
19.6 (67.3) |
23.9 (75.0) |
26.7 (80.1) |
30.5 (86.9) |
31.7 (89.1) |
27.8 (82.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
17.2 (63.0) |
11.7 (53.1) |
20.4 (68.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) |
5.1 (41.2) |
8.4 (47.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
21.8 (71.2) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
11.5 (52.7) |
6.7 (44.1) |
15.2 (59.4) |
| Average law °C (°F) | 0.4 (32.7) |
1.0 (33.8) |
3.3 (37.9) |
8.6 (47.5) |
13.0 (55.4) |
17.8 (64.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
18.8 (65.8) |
11.7 (53.1) |
6.5 (43.7) |
2.1 (35.8) |
10.8 (51.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 80.7 (3.18) |
83.6 (3.29) |
113.3 (4.46) |
143.7 (5.66) |
162.2 (6.39) |
292.9 (11.53) |
307.6 (12.11) |
165.2 (6.50) |
184.8 (7.28) |
96.1 (3.78) |
78.3 (3.08) |
58.9 (2.32) |
1,767.3 (69.58) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 15 (5.9) |
10 (3.9) |
2 (0.8) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
4 (1.6) |
31 (12.2) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 71 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 79 | 80 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 76 | 73 | 75 |
| Mean monthly sunshine oors | 97.0 | 105.7 | 155.5 | 165.2 | 186.7 | 145.7 | 172.9 | 201.4 | 153.0 | 170.1 | 130.3 | 107.2 | 1,790.7 |
| Source: NOAA (1961-1990)[1] | |||||||||||||
See an aw
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ "Iizuka Climate Normals 1961-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 6 Januar 2013.
Freemit airtins
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Media relatit tae Iizuka at Wikimedia Commons
- Iizuka Ceety offeecial wabsteid (in Japanese)
- Kyushu Institute o Technology Iizuka campus Archived 2004-12-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Inglis)