Tsukuba Science City
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Tsukuba つくば市 |
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View of Mount Tsukuba and Tsukuba Center
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 Location of Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture |
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 Tsukuba
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| Coordinates: 36°5′0.5″N 140°4′35.2″E / 36.083472°N 140.076444°ECoordinates: 36°5′0.5″N 140°4′35.2″E / 36.083472°N 140.076444°E | |||
| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Kantō | ||
| Prefecture | Ibaraki Prefecture | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 283.72 km2 (109.54 sq mi) | ||
| Population (September 2015) | |||
| • Total | 223,151 | ||
| • Density | 787/km2 (2,040/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
| - Tree | Japanese zelkova | ||
| - Flower | Hoshizaki-yukinoshita (Saxifraga stolonifera Curtis f. aptera (Makino) H.Hara) | ||
| - Bird | Ural owl | ||
| Address | 2530-2 Karima, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken 305-8555 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Tsukuba (つくば市 Tsukuba-shi?) is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. As of September 2015[update], the city had an estimated population of 223,151 and a population density of 787 persons per km². Its total area is 283.72 square kilometres (109.54 square miles). It is known as the location of the Tsukuba Science City ( Tsukuba Kenkyū Gakuen Toshi?), a planned science park developed in the 1960s.
Located in southern Ibaraki Prefecture, Tsukuba is located to the south of Mount Tsukuba, from which it takes its name.
Mount Tsukuba has been a place of pilgrimage since at least the Heian period. During the Edo period, parts of what later became the city of Tsukuba were administered by a junior branch of the Hosokawa clan at Yatabe Domain, one of the feudal domains of the Tokugawa shogunate. With the creation of the municipalities system after the Meiji Restoration on April 1, 1889, the town Yatabe was established within Tsukuba District, Ibaraki). On November 30, 1987 the town of Yatabe merged with the neighboring towns of Ōho and Toyosato and the village of Sakura to create the city of Tsukuba. The neighboring town of Tsukuba merged with the city of Tsukuba on January 1, 1988, followed by the town of Kukizama on November 1, 2002.
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