Chigasaki

Chigasaki 茅ヶ崎市
Special city
Chigasaki City
Chigasaki City Hall
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Location of Chigasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture
Chigasaki
Coordinates: 35°20′N 139°24′E / 35.333°N 139.400°E / 35.333; 139.400Coordinates: 35°20′N 139°24′E / 35.333°N 139.400°E / 35.333; 139.400
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Kanagawa Prefecture
Area
• Total	35.71 km2 (13.79 sq mi)
Population (July 1, 2016)
• Total	239,874
• Density	6,719.2/km2 (17,403/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Symbols
• Tree	Acacia
• Flower	Rhododendron
• Bird	Great tit
Phone number	0467-82-1111
Address	1-1 Chigasaki 1-chome, Chigasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 253-8686
Website	www.city.chigasaki.kanagawa.jp

Chigasaki (茅ヶ崎市, Chigasaki-shi^?) is a city located in central, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

As of June 2012, the city has an estimated population of 236,177 and a population density of 6,610 persons per km². The total area is 35.71 km².

Chigasaki is located on the eastern bank of the Sagami River in south-central Kanagawa Prefecture, facing Sagami Bay on the Pacific Ocean to the south.

The area around Chigasaki has been inhabited since prehistoric times. The area was largely pasture and farmland well into the Edo period. The Tōkaidō connecting Edo with Kyoto passed through what is now Chigasaki, but without a post station. A large part of the area was the tenryō territory in Sagami Province controlled directly by the Tokugawa Shogunate through the Edo period, though other parts were administered by small clans including the Ōoka clan, which is renowned for its descendant Ōoka Tadasuke.

After the start of the Meiji period, the Tōkaidō Main Line railway connected Chigasaki Station with Tokyo and Osaka in 1898, which spurred the development of the area. Chigasaki village in Kōza District, Kanagawa Prefecture became Chigasaki town in 1908. In 1921, the Sagami Line railway connected Chigaskai with Hashimoto to the north. Chigasaki became a city on October 1, 1947.