更新日：2011年4月18日

Data File Chiba City

Area, Climate, and Population

Chiba City, the capital of Chiba Prefecture, is situated at a strategic point on Tokyo Bay approximately 40km east from the center of Tokyo. Within Chiba Prefecture, it is 30km from the New Tokyo International Airport in Narita, 70km from Choshi on the Pacific coast, 60km from northernmost Noda, and 80km from Shirahama, the prefecture’s southernmost town, on the Boso Peninsula.
The city is blessed with a moderate climate. The average annual temperature is 16.3 degrees, and average monthly rainfall is 136.4mm.(2009)
In April 1992, Chiba City became a Government Designated City. Now the population of the city is approximately 962,707. (When Chiba was reorganized as a city in 1921, the population was 33,887.)

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Chiba City in Japan

 

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Households and Population　　(April 1，2011)

Ward	Households	Population			Increase by year	Area (km2)
		Total	Male	Female
Total	407,893	962,707	480,285	482,422	5,019	272.08
Chuo	94,000	199,781	100,809	98,972	1,806	44.81
Hanamigawa	76,047	180,458	90,007	90,451	-542	34.24
Inage	68,596	157,635	78,686	78,949	746	21.25
Wakaba	61,695	151,629	76,351	75,278	397	84.21
Midori	44,696	122,982	60,817	62,165	1,849	66.41
Mihama	62,859	150,222	73,615	76,607	763	21.16
*The population and households are supposed by adjusting the resident fundamental register and change of the alien register every month based on result of the 2010 census. (Statistics Section)