| Chitose 千歳 |
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| Location of Chitose in Hokkaidō (Ishikari) | |||
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Chitose
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| Coordinates: | |||
| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Hokkaidō | ||
| Prefecture | Hokkaidō (Ishikari) | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Kōtarō Yamaguchi | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 594.95 km2 (229.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (March 2008) | |||
| • Total | 92,323 | ||
| • Density | 155/km2 (401.4/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
| City symbols | |||
| - Tree | Japanese White Birch and Katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) | ||
| - Flower | Azalea and Hanashōbu (Iris ensata var. ensata) | ||
| - Bird | Common Pheasant and Crested Kingfisher | ||
| - Fish | Sockeye salmon and Chum salmon | ||
| Phone number | 0123-24-3131 | ||
| Address | 2-34, Shinonomechō, Chitose-shi, Hokkaidō 066-8686 |
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| Website | Chitose City | ||
Chitose (千歳市 Chitose-shi) is a city located in Ishikari, Hokkaidō, Japan and home to the New Chitose Airport, the biggest international airport in Hokkaidō and closest airport to Sapporo, as well as the neighboring Chitose Air Base. The city is bounded by Eniwa in the north and by Tomakomai in the south.
As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 92,323 and the density of 155 persons per km². The total area is 594.95 km². The city was founded on July 1, 1958.
Chitose is one of the gateways to the Shikotsu-Toya National Park, Lake Shikotsu and Mount Tarumae. Chitose also has a university (Chitose Institute of Science and Technology), 2 high schools, 18 junior high schools and 10 elementary schools. As befits its international aspirations, it was an early supporter (1990) of the JET Programme in Hokkaidō.
Chitose is accessed by two expressways with an interchange in the west and another in the north on a separate expressway and the Chitose-Eniwa Junction connecting with the Eastern Hokkaidō Expressway in the northwest. Chitose is also linked by route 36 and routes 274, 276, 337 and 453.
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Chitose has sister city relationships with:
In the Ainu language Chitose was originally called shikot, meaning big depression or hollow, like Lake Shikotsu a caldera lake. To the Japanese, this sounded too much like dead bones (死骨 shikotsu), so it was changed to Chitose.[1]
The hottest and coldest temperatures, respectively, ever recorded are 33.6°C and -30.7°C.
| Climate data for Chitose, Japan(2008) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) |
4.5 (40.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
23.9 (75.0) |
21.4 (70.5) |
24.3 (75.7) |
27.3 (81.1) |
29.5 (85.1) |
28.1 (82.6) |
21.2 (70.2) |
17.0 (62.6) |
12.5 (54.5) |
29.5 (85.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −2.3 (27.9) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
5.8 (42.4) |
13.1 (55.6) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
8.3 (46.9) |
3.4 (38.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −14.3 (6.3) |
−14.2 (6.4) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
0.1 (32.2) |
5.6 (42.1) |
10.7 (51.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
15.9 (60.6) |
11.6 (52.9) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
2.1 (35.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.8 (−3.6) |
−21.3 (−6.3) |
−14.2 (6.4) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
6.8 (44.2) |
10.7 (51.3) |
11.7 (53.1) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−21.3 (−6.3) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 10 (0.39) |
42 (1.65) |
26.5 (1.043) |
40.0 (1.575) |
104.5 (4.114) |
92.5 (3.642) |
119.5 (4.705) |
136.0 (5.354) |
27.0 (1.063) |
74.0 (2.913) |
69.5 (2.736) |
98.0 (3.858) |
839.5 (33.051) |
| Snowfall cm (inches) | 56 (22) |
89 (35) |
5 (2) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
7 (2.8) |
59 (23.2) |
185 (72.8) |
| Source: Japan Meteorological Agency[2] | |||||||||||||
China Airlines operates its Sapporo office on the third floor of the airport building.[3]
The airline Hokkaido Air System was at one time headquartered at the New Chitose Airport in Chitose.[4] Now its head office is on the property of Okadama Airport in Higashi-ku, Sapporo.[5]
The North Country Golf Club, which is part of the Japan Tour, is near Chitose.
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