Hakusan, Ishikawa
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Geography
Hakusan is located in southwestern Ishikawa Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan and is bordered by the Sea of Japan to the west and Fukui Prefecture to the south, and Gifu Prefecture and Toyama Prefectures to the east. The southeastern portion of the city is dominated by high mountains. Parts of the city are within the borders of Hakusan National Park.
Neighbouring municipalities
- Fukui Prefecture
- Gifu Prefecture
- Ishikawa Prefecture
- Toyama Prefecture
Climate
Hakusan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hakusan is 14.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2542 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.9 °C.[2] Script error: No such module "weather box".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Hakusan has recently plateaued after decades of strong growth. <templatestyles src="Module:Historical populations/styles.css"/>Script error: No such module "Historical populations".
History
The area around Hakusan was part of ancient Kaga Province. The area became part Kaga Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Following the Meiji restoration, the area was organised into Ishikawa District, Ishikawa. The town of Mattō was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. It became a city on October 10, 1970. On February 1, 2005, Mattō merged with the towns of Mikawa and Tsurugi, and the villages of Kawachi, Oguchi, Shiramine, Torigoe and Yoshinodani (all from Ishikawa District) to form the city of Hakusan.
Government
Hakusan has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 21 members.
Economy
Eizo and its subsidiary, Irem, have their headquarters in Hakusan.[4][5]
Education
・International College of Technology, Kanazawa, a private technical college located in Hakusan foothills.
Hakusan has 19 public elementary schools and ten middle schools operated by the city government, and three public high schools operated by the Ishikawa Prefectural Board of Education and one by the city government. There is also one private high school. Kinjo College, a private junior college is also located in Hakusan.
Transportation
Railway
Effective 16 March 2024, JR West no longer operates in Hakusan as its operations on the Hokuriku Main Line have since been transferred to the IR Ishikawa Railway.[6]
- Komaiko - Mikawa - Kaga-Kasama - Nishi-Mattō - Mattō
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Highway
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Sister cities
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Local attractions
- Ishikawa Forest Experiment Station
- Hakusan, the "White Mountain" from which the merged city took its name.
- Hakusan National Park
- Matto Stadium is home to the city's major football club, FC Hokuriku (formerly Fervorosa Ishikawa, Fervorosa Hakusan and FC Goals) which competes in the Hokushinetsu Regional League.
- Tedori River
- Torigoe Castle ruins, a National Historic Site[7]
References
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- ↑ Hakusan climate data
- ↑ Hakusan population statistics
- ↑ "Corporate Information Template:Webarchive." Eizo. Retrieved on October 20, 2009.
- ↑ "About Irem." Irem. Retrieved on October 20, 2009.
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External links
- Hakusan City official website Template:Webarchive Template:In lang
- Hakusan City Tourist Information Guide
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