Noshiro, Akita

Noshiro
能代市
City

Noshiro City Hall

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Location of Noshiro in Akita Prefecture
Noshiro

 

Coordinates: 40°12′43.7″N 140°1′35.8″E / 40.212139°N 140.026611°E / 40.212139; 140.026611Coordinates: 40°12′43.7″N 140°1′35.8″E / 40.212139°N 140.026611°E / 40.212139; 140.026611
Country Japan
Region Tōhoku
Prefecture Akita Prefecture
Government
 • -Mayor Saitō Shigenobu
Area
 • Total 426.95 km2 (164.85 sq mi)
Population (February 2016)
 • Total 54,576
 • Density 128/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Phone number 0185-52-2111
Address 1-3 Uemachi, Noshiro-shi, Akita-ken 016-8501
Website http://www.city.noshiro.lg.jp/

Noshiro (能代市, Noshiro-shi) is a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan.

As of February 2016, the city had an estimated population of 54,576, and a population density of 128 persons per km². The total area is 526.95 square kilometres (203.46 sq mi).

Geography

Noshiro is located in the flat coastal plains northwestern Akita Prefecture, bordered by the Sea of Japan to the west. The Yoneshiro River flows through the city and empties into the Sea of Japan near Noshiro Port. The highest point is Mount Yakeyama at 963.1 metres (3,160 ft).

Neighboring municipalities

History

Per the Nihon Shoki and other ancient chronicles, Noshiro is the location where an expedition sent by the Yamato Court led by Abe no Hirafu landed in 658 AD with orders to force the local Emishi tribes into submission. Trade vessels from Balhae were calling at Noshiro Port as late as 771 AD.

The area of present-day Noshiro was part of ancient Dewa Province, dominated by the Satake clan during the Edo period, who ruled Kubota Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate.

The modern city of Noshiro was created on October 1, 1940, by the merger of the town of Noshirominato, and the villages of Shinonome and Sakaki (all formerly from Yamamoto District).

On March 21, 2006, the town of Futatsui (from Yamamoto District) was merged into Noshiro. [1]

Economy

The economy of Noshiro is based on agriculture and commercial fishing.

Education

Noshiro has 12 elementary schools, seven middle schools and four high schools, and well as one special education school.

Transportation

Airport

Railway

Highway

Seaports

Sister city relations

Local attractions

Festivals

Noted people from Noshiro

Notes

  1. ↑ 第1章 地方拠点都市地域にかかる整備の方針に関する事項 (PDF). Noshiro official website (in Japanese). Noshiro city. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "100 Soundscapes of Japan". Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
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