Ōita
| Ōita-shi 大分 市 |
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| Region : | Kyushu | ||
| Prefecture : | Ōita | ||
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 14 ' N , 131 ° 37' E | ||
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| Surface: | 501.25 km² | ||
| Residents : | 477,701 (October 1, 2019) |
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| Population density : | 953 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Community key : | 44201-1 | ||
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| Tree : | Elaeocarpus sylvestris var.ellipticus | ||
| Flower : | Camellia sasanqua | ||
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Oita City Hall 2 - 31 , Niage-machi Oita -shi Oita 870-8504 |
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| Website URL: | http://www.city.oita.oita.jp/ | ||
| Location of Ōitas in Ōita prefecture | |||
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Ōita ( Japanese 大分 市 , - shi ) is a city and port city as well as the administrative seat of Ōita prefecture and is located on the Japanese island of Kyūshū on the Beppu Bay .
history
Ōita is an old castle town where a branch of the Ōgyū-Matsudaira last resided with an income of 22,000 koku .
economy
The most important resident companies are:
- Chemical industry : Kyūshū mineral oil (九州 石油) with petroleum refineries and Asahi Kasei Chemicals (旭 化成 ケ ミ カ ル ズ)
- Electrical industry : Canon (キ ヤ ノ ン), Toshiba (東芝), Oita TS Semiconductor (大分 テ ィ ー エ ス セ ミ コ ン ダ ク タ) and Asahi Solartechnik (朝日 ソ ー ラ ー)
- Steel industry : Nippon Steel (新 日本 製 鐵)
- Pharmaceutical Industry : Asahi Kasei Medicals (旭 化成 メ デ ィ カ ル)
- Shipbuilding industry : Mitsui engineering & Shipbuilding (三井 造船)
- Food industry : Joyfull (ジ ョ イ フ ル)
- Retail chain : Tokiwa (ト キ ハ)
Oita TS Semiconductor is a joint venture between Toshiba and Sony Computer Entertainment . This company was involved in the production of the main processor of the PlayStation 2 , the so-called Emotion Engine, and parts around the graphics processor of the PlayStation 3 .
Culture
- Takasakiyama Wildlife Park (高崎 山 自然 動物園)
- Oita sea aquarium Umitamago (大分 マ リ ー ン パ レ ス 水族館 「う み た た ま ご」)
- Funai Castle ruins (府 内 城 址)
- Tanabata - Matsuri (七夕 ま つ り) the first weekend in August
traffic
Road traffic
- Ōita highway
- National road 10 : to Kagoshima or Kitakyushu
- National Road 57 : to Nagasaki
Rail transport
- JR Nippō Main Line : to Kokura or Kagoshima
- JR Kyūdai Main Line : to Kurume
- JR Hōhi Main Line: to Kumamoto
- Previously: Until 1961 there was a railway line with tram-like operation between Ōita and Beppu . After the accident on October 26, 1961 , the line was closed .
Sports
Ōita is the home of the Ōita Trinita football club from the J. League , whose games are played in the Kyūshū Sekiyu Dome . This was also a venue for the 2002 World Cup .
The Beppu-Ōita marathon has been taking place between Beppu and Ōita since 1952 .
sons and daughters of the town
- Murayama Tomiichi (* 1924), 81st Prime Minister of Japan
- Arata Isozaki (* 1931), architect
- Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi (* 1955), Roman Catholic religious, Bishop of Saitama
- Yūsuke Santamaria (born 1971), actor
- Satoko Suetsuna (* 1981), badminton player
- Tomoya Adachi (* 1985), marathon runner
- Hiroshi Kiyotake (* 1989), football player
- Kōki Kotegawa (* 1989), football player
- Kōki Kiyotake (born 1991), football player
- Mami Umeki (* 1994), judoka
- Katsuya Iwatake (born 1996), football player
- Tsubasa Yoshihira (* 1998), football player
- Keita Takahata (* 2000), soccer player
Neighboring cities and communities
Town twinning
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Aveiro , Portugal (1978) -
Wuhan , People's Republic of China (1979) -
Austin , Texas , United States (1990) -
Guangzhou , People's Republic of China (1997)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ JR Kyushu Line Network. In: www.jrkyushu.co.jp. Kyushu Railway Company, accessed May 27, 2020 .
- ^ Peter WB Semmens: Catastrophes on rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 , p. 165.
