Chitose, Hokkaido
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Chitose 千歳市 |
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 Location of Chitose in Hokkaido (Ishikari Subprefecture) |
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 Chitose
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| Coordinates: 42°49′N 141°39′E / 42.817°N 141.650°ECoordinates: 42°49′N 141°39′E / 42.817°N 141.650°E | ||
| Country | Japan | |
| Region | Hokkaido | |
| Prefecture | Hokkaido (Ishikari Subprefecture) | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Kōtarō Yamaguchi | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 594.95 km2 (229.71 sq mi) | |
| Population (March 2008) | ||
| • Total | 92,323 | |
| • Density | 155/km2 (400/sq mi) | |
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| • Tree | Japanese white birch and katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) | |
| • Flower | Azalea and hanashōbu (Iris ensata var. ensata) | |
| • Bird | Common pheasant and crested kingfisher | |
| • Fish | Sockeye salmon and chum salmon | |
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | |
| City hall address | 2-34 Shinonomechō, Chitose-shi, Hokkaido 066-8686 |
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| Website | www |
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Chitose (千歳市 Chitose-shi?) is a city located in Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan, and home to the New Chitose Airport, the biggest international airport in Hokkaido and closest airport to Sapporo, as well as the neighboring Chitose Air Base.
As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 92,323 and a population density of 155 persons per km2. The total area is 594.95 km2. The city was founded on July 1, 1958. The city is notable for having a Peace Pagoda, built by the Japanese Buddhist order Nipponzan Myohoji in 1978.
Chitose is one of the gateways to the Shikotsu-Toya National Park, Lake Shikotsu and Mount Tarumae. The city is bounded by Eniwa in the north and by Tomakomai in the south.
In the Ainu language Chitose was originally called shikot, meaning big depression or hollow, like Lake Shikotsu a caldera lake. To the Japanese, this sounded too much like dead bones (死骨 shikotsu?), so it was changed to Chitose.
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