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Akitakata (安芸高田市, Akitakata-shi) is a city located in north-central Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 May 2023[update], the city had an estimated population of 26,810 in 13,319 households and a population density of 50 persons per km². The total area of the city is 537.75 square kilometres (207.63 sq mi).The city lays claim to be the birthplace and hometown of Mōri Motonari, the Sengoku period daimyō of the 16th century.
Akitakata is located in north-central Hiroshima Prefecture, and is surrounded by the Chugoku Mountains. The Midori and Takamiya neighborhoods of the city are designated as heavy snowfall areas.
Akitakata has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Akitakata is 13.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1581 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around 1.6 °C.
Per Japanese census data, the population of Izumi has risen steadily over the past century.
The area of Akitakata is part of ancient Aki Province. During the Sengoku period, the Mōri clan, once minor local warlords, rose under the leadership of Mōri Motonari to dominate the Chūgoku region of western Japan. The 1540-1541 Siege of Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle between the Mōri clan and the rival Amago clan occurred in what is now the Yoshida neighborhood of Akitakata. After the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the area was part of the holdings of Hiroshima Domain. Following the Meiji restoration, the area was organized into villages within Takata District, including the village of Yoshida, with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Yoshida was raised to town status on January 1, 1896. The city of Akitakata was established on March 1, 2004, from the merger Yoshida with the towns of Kōda, Midori, Mukaihara, Takamiya, Yachiyo (all from Takata District). Therefore, Takata District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
Akitakata has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 16 members. Akitakata contributes one member to the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Hiroshima 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
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Akitakata
Akitakata (安芸高田市, Akitakata-shi) is a city located in north-central Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 May 2023[update], the city had an estimated population of 26,810 in 13,319 households and a population density of 50 persons per km². The total area of the city is 537.75 square kilometres (207.63 sq mi).The city lays claim to be the birthplace and hometown of Mōri Motonari, the Sengoku period daimyō of the 16th century.
Akitakata is located in north-central Hiroshima Prefecture, and is surrounded by the Chugoku Mountains. The Midori and Takamiya neighborhoods of the city are designated as heavy snowfall areas.
Akitakata has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Akitakata is 13.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1581 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around 1.6 °C.
Per Japanese census data, the population of Izumi has risen steadily over the past century.
The area of Akitakata is part of ancient Aki Province. During the Sengoku period, the Mōri clan, once minor local warlords, rose under the leadership of Mōri Motonari to dominate the Chūgoku region of western Japan. The 1540-1541 Siege of Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle between the Mōri clan and the rival Amago clan occurred in what is now the Yoshida neighborhood of Akitakata. After the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the area was part of the holdings of Hiroshima Domain. Following the Meiji restoration, the area was organized into villages within Takata District, including the village of Yoshida, with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Yoshida was raised to town status on January 1, 1896. The city of Akitakata was established on March 1, 2004, from the merger Yoshida with the towns of Kōda, Midori, Mukaihara, Takamiya, Yachiyo (all from Takata District). Therefore, Takata District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
Akitakata has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 16 members. Akitakata contributes one member to the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Hiroshima 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
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