is a
city located in
Ōita Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Ōita Prefecture has a population of 1,136,245 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,340 km2 (2,448 sq mi). Ōita Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northwest, Kumam ...
,
Japan
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. The city was founded on April 29, 1941.
On March 3, 2005, Saiki merged with the towns of
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,
Kamiura,
Tsurumi,
Ume
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and
Yayoi
The started at the beginning of the Neolithic in Japan, continued through the Bronze Age, and towards its end crossed into the Iron Age.
Since the 1980s, scholars have argued that a period previously classified as a transition from the Jōmon p ...
, and the villages
Honjō,
Naokawa and
Yonōzu (all from
Minamiamabe District) to create the new and expanded Saiki City. Minamiamabe District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
As of March 2017, the new city has an estimated population of 73,546 (former city, 2003: 49,183) and a population density of 81 persons per km
2. The total area is 903.44 km
2, making it the largest city by area in
Kyushu
is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surround ...
.
Geography
Climate
Saiki has a
humid subtropical climate
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(
Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') with hot summers and cool winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is somewhat lower in winter. The average annual temperature in Saiki is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around .
[ The highest temperature ever recorded in Saiki was on 18 August 2020; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 11 February 1996.][
]
Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Saiki in 2020 is 66,851 people.[ Saiki has been conducting censuses since 1920.
]
Sport
During the 2002 World Cup
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, Saiki was the base camp for the Tunisia national football team
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.
Sister city
In the sister city program, Saiki is twinned with the Australian port city Gladstone, Queensland
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, as well as a sister city with Handan, China.
References
External links
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Saiki City official website
Cities in Ōita Prefecture
Port settlements in Japan
Populated coastal places in Japan
Geography articles needing translation from Japanese Wikipedia
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