Hitachinaka, Ibaraki

Hitachinaka
ひたちなか市
Hitachi Seaside Park
Hitachi Seaside Park
Flag of Hitachinaka
Official seal of Hitachinaka
Location of Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture
Location of Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture
Hitachinaka is located in Japan
Hitachinaka
Hitachinaka
 
Coordinates: 36°23′48.1″N 140°32′4.8″E / 36.396694°N 140.534667°E / 36.396694; 140.534667
CountryJapan
RegionKantō
PrefectureIbaraki
First official recordedlate 5th century AD (official) [citation needed]
Nakaminato city settledMarch 31, 1954
Katsuta city settledNovember 1, 1954
Two cities merged and current city name changedNovember 1, 1994
Government
 • MayorAkira Ōtani (from November 2018)
Area
 • Total99.96 km2 (38.59 sq mi)
Population
 (October 1, 2020)
 • Total154,631
 • Density1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- TreeGinkgo biloba
- FlowerHamagiku (Chrysanthemum nipponicum)
- BirdJapanese bush warbler
Phone number029-273-0111
Address2-10-1 Higashiishikawa, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki-ken 312-8501
WebsiteOfficial website
Hitachinaka city hall

Hitachinaka (ひたちなか市, Hitachinaka-shi) is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2020, the city had an estimated population of 154,663 in 64,900 households and a population density of 1547 persons per km2. The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 26.1%.[1] The total area of the city is 99.96 square kilometres (38.59 sq mi). It is a "hiragana city", the place name is written with the hiragana syllabary and not the traditional kanji.

  1. ^ "Ibaraki prefectural official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.