Kitaibaraki

Kitaibaraki City Hall
Kitaibaraki-shi ; 北茨城市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Kanto
Prefecture :	Ibaraki
Coordinates :	36 ° 48 ' N , 140 ° 45' E Coordinates: 36 ° 47 '57 " N , 140 ° 45' 16" E
Basic data
Surface:	186.49 km²
Residents :	42,122 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	226 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	08215-5
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Pine trees
Flower :	rhododendron
Bird :	Common gull
town hall
Address :	Kitaibaraki City Hall ; 1630 Isoharachō-Isohara; Kitaibaraki -shi ; Ibaraki 319-0192
Website URL:	http://www.city-kitaibaraki.jp
Location Kitaibarakis in Ibaraki Prefecture

Kitaibaraki ( Japanese 北茨城市 , - shi , dt. "North Ibaraki") is a city in Japan in the prefecture of Ibaraki .

geography

Kitaibaraki is north of Hitachi and south of Iwaki .

history

The city of Kitaibaraki was founded on March 31, 1956 from the former parishes of Isohara, Otsu, Sekinan, Sekimoto, Hiragata, and Minaminakazato from Taga County.

Tōhoku tsunami 2011 in the district of Hirakatacho:
a: Flood heights (triangles) and overflow heights (circles)
b: Tsunami damage
c: Traces of water on the glazed entrance door

On March 11, 2011, the city was hit by the Tōhoku earthquake and the subsequent tsunami. The number of completely destroyed residential buildings is put at 188 and that of the partially destroyed at 1,336. The fire and disaster control authority reported 10 dead and one missing person in Kitaibaraki. In the district of Hirakatacho, the fishing port and the residential area were badly damaged. The tsunami destroyed the first floor of many houses. Traces of water on the buildings indicate flood heights of 6.6–7.2 m, while traces of debris show heights of 7.9 and 8.1 m.

traffic

Train:
- JR - Jōban Line
Street:
- Jōban highway to Tokyo or Iwaki
- National Road 6 to Tokyo or Sendai

sons and daughters of the town

Tatsuya Ishi , singer

Neighboring cities and communities

Individual evidence

↑ Yoshinobu Tsuji, Kenji Satake, Takeo Ishibe, Tomoya Harada, Akihito Nishiyama, Satoshi Kusumoto: Tsunami Heights along the Pacific Coast of Northern Honshu Recorded from the 2011 Tohoku . In: Pure and Applied Geophysics . tape 171 , no. 12 , 2014, p. 3183-3215 , doi : 10.1007 / s00024-014-0779-x . (Published online March 19, 2014). License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Here: p. 3193, Figure 12.
↑ ^a ^b 平成 23 年（2011 年）東北地方太平洋沖地震（東日本大震災）について（第 157 報） ( Memento of March 18, 2018 on WebCite ) ( PDF ( Memento of March 18, 2018 on WebCite )), 総務省消防庁 (Fire and Disaster Management Agency), March 7, 2018.
↑ Yoshinobu Tsuji, Kenji Satake, Takeo Ishibe, Tomoya Harada, Akihito Nishiyama, Satoshi Kusumoto: Tsunami Heights along the Pacific Coast of Northern Honshu Recorded from the 2011 Tohoku . In: Pure and Applied Geophysics . tape 171 , no. 12 , 2014, p. 3183-3215 , doi : 10.1007 / s00024-014-0779-x . (Published online March 19, 2014).

Web links

Commons : Kitaibaraki - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official Website (Japanese)

[TsujiEtAl2014_PAG171_3183-3215_p3193Fig12-1] Yoshinobu Tsuji, Kenji Satake, Takeo Ishibe, Tomoya Harada, Akihito Nishiyama, Satoshi Kusumoto: Tsunami Heights along the Pacific Coast of Northern Honshu Recorded from the 2011 Tohoku . In: Pure and Applied Geophysics . tape 171 , no. 12 , 2014, p. 3183-3215 , doi : 10.1007 / s00024-014-0779-x . (Published online March 19, 2014). License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Here: p. 3193, Figure 12.

[FDMA_2018-03-07-2] 平成 23 年（2011 年）東北地方太平洋沖地震（東日本大震災）について（第 157 報） ( Memento of March 18, 2018 on WebCite ) ( PDF ( Memento of March 18, 2018 on WebCite )), 総務省消防庁 (Fire and Disaster Management Agency), March 7, 2018.

[TsujiEtAl2014_PAG171_3183-3215-3] Yoshinobu Tsuji, Kenji Satake, Takeo Ishibe, Tomoya Harada, Akihito Nishiyama, Satoshi Kusumoto: Tsunami Heights along the Pacific Coast of Northern Honshu Recorded from the 2011 Tohoku . In: Pure and Applied Geophysics . tape 171 , no. 12 , 2014, p. 3183-3215 , doi : 10.1007 / s00024-014-0779-x . (Published online March 19, 2014).