Ami 阿見町 | |
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 Ami town office | |
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 Location of Ami in Ibaraki Prefecture | |
  Ami | |
| Coordinates:36°1′50.9″N140°12′53.4″E / 36.030806°N 140.214833°E /36.030806; 140.214833 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kantō |
| Prefecture | Ibaraki |
| District | Inashiki |
| Area | |
• Total | 71.40 km2 (27.57 sq mi) |
| Population (October 2020) | |
• Total | 47,927 |
| • Density | 671.2/km2 (1,739/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| - Tree | Sakura |
| - Flower | Chrysanthemum |
| - Bird | Japanese bush warbler |
| Phone number | 0296-48-1111 |
| Address | 1-1-1 Chuo, Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki-ken 300-0332 |
| Website | Official website |
Ami (阿見町,Ami-machi) is atown located inIbaraki Prefecture,Japan. As of 1 October 2020[update], the town had an estimatedpopulation of 47,927 in 20,279 households and apopulation density of 671 persons per km2. The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 28.3%.[1] The total area of the town is 71.40 square kilometres (27.57 sq mi).
Located in southern Ibaraki Prefecture, Ami is bordered to the north by LakeKasumigaura
Ami has aHumid continental climate (KöppenCfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ami is 13.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1306 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.8 °C.[2]
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Ami has recently plateaued after a long period of growth.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1950 | 20,859 | — |
| 1960 | 22,326 | +7.0% |
| 1970 | 24,904 | +11.5% |
| 1980 | 33,720 | +35.4% |
| 1990 | 42,192 | +25.1% |
| 2000 | 46,922 | +11.2% |
| 2010 | 47,940 | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 48,553 | +1.3% |
During theEdo period, the area around Ami was part ofHitachi Province. The villages of Ami, Kimihara, Asahi and Funashima were created with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. In 1921, theImperial Japanese Navy establishedKasumigaura Air Field, a naval aviation training base at Ami, with floatplane operations on nearby Kasumigaura.Zeppelin operations also began from 1929. In 1937, the Youth Aviation Squadron was transferred fromYokosuka. The base was repeatedly bombed in 1944 and 1945 duringWorld War II, with the attack on June 10, 1945 killing over 300 people.
On April 1, 1955, the villages of Ami, Kimihara and Asahi merged to form the town of Ami. Most of the village of Funashima joined on April 20, 1955.
Ami has amayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and aunicameral town council of 18 members. Ami contributes one member to the Ibaraki Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part ofIbaraki 6th district of thelower house of theDiet of Japan.
Ami has a mixed economy. Agriculture remains predominant; however, there are also numerous factories for chemicals, light manufacturing and electronics. TheJapanese Ground Self-Defense Force also has a number of military installations in the town.
Ken-Ō Expressway – Ushiku-Ami Interchange, Ami-Higashi Interchange
National Route 125
–Superior, WI, USA – sister city since 1997[4]
–Liuzhou,Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China (friendship city) from June 1997[5]
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