Sakai 坂井市 | |
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 Sakai City Hall | |
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 Location of Sakai in Fukui Prefecture | |
  Sakai | |
| Coordinates:36°10′1″N136°13′53.2″E / 36.16694°N 136.231444°E /36.16694; 136.231444 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Chūbu (Hokuriku) |
| Prefecture | Fukui |
| Government | |
| • - Mayor | Norio Sakamoto |
| Area | |
• Total | 209.67 km2 (80.95 sq mi) |
| Population (May 10, 2018) | |
• Total | 92,210 |
| • Density | 439.8/km2 (1,139/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Phone number | 0776-66-1500 |
| Address | 1-1 Shimoshinjō, Sakai-chō, Sakai-shi, Fukui-ken 919-0592 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | www |
| Symbols | |
| Bird | Larus canus |
| Flower | Lilium |
| Tree | Cherry blossom |
Sakai (坂井市,Sakai-shi;Japanese pronunciation:[saꜜ.kai,sa.kaꜜi.ɕi][1]) is acity located inFukui Prefecture,Japan. As of 10 May 2018[update], the city had an estimatedpopulation of 92,210 in 31,509 households and apopulation density of 550 persons per km2.[2] The total area of the city was 209.67 square kilometres (80.95 sq mi).
Sakai is located in far northern Fukui Prefecture, bordered by the city ofAwara andIshikawa Prefecture to the north and theSea of Japan to the northeast, The city ofFukui borders the city to the south. TheKuzuryū River flows through the city.
Sakai has aHumid climate (KöppenCfa) characterized by warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Sakai is 14.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2476 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.8 °C.[3]
| Climate data forMikuni, Sakai (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1978−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.4 (61.5) | 20.9 (69.6) | 26.9 (80.4) | 28.8 (83.8) | 33.4 (92.1) | 34.9 (94.8) | 38.9 (102.0) | 39.7 (103.5) | 37.6 (99.7) | 32.3 (90.1) | 26.6 (79.9) | 21.8 (71.2) | 39.7 (103.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) | 7.4 (45.3) | 11.0 (51.8) | 16.3 (61.3) | 21.1 (70.0) | 24.3 (75.7) | 28.4 (83.1) | 30.2 (86.4) | 26.2 (79.2) | 21.0 (69.8) | 15.5 (59.9) | 9.8 (49.6) | 18.2 (64.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.5 (38.3) | 3.7 (38.7) | 6.7 (44.1) | 11.8 (53.2) | 16.7 (62.1) | 20.5 (68.9) | 24.7 (76.5) | 26.2 (79.2) | 22.3 (72.1) | 16.8 (62.2) | 11.2 (52.2) | 6.1 (43.0) | 14.2 (57.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.5 (32.9) | 0.4 (32.7) | 2.7 (36.9) | 7.5 (45.5) | 12.8 (55.0) | 17.4 (63.3) | 21.9 (71.4) | 23.0 (73.4) | 18.8 (65.8) | 13.0 (55.4) | 7.3 (45.1) | 2.8 (37.0) | 10.7 (51.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.8 (19.8) | −6.8 (19.8) | −4.0 (24.8) | −1.6 (29.1) | 3.4 (38.1) | 9.4 (48.9) | 14.4 (57.9) | 15.0 (59.0) | 9.0 (48.2) | 2.5 (36.5) | −0.5 (31.1) | −4.4 (24.1) | −6.8 (19.8) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 206.9 (8.15) | 123.6 (4.87) | 138.3 (5.44) | 125.0 (4.92) | 139.8 (5.50) | 155.4 (6.12) | 228.4 (8.99) | 147.1 (5.79) | 218.2 (8.59) | 159.8 (6.29) | 182.8 (7.20) | 253.9 (10.00) | 2,079.2 (81.86) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 23.4 | 18.1 | 15.5 | 11.6 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 8.8 | 11.6 | 12.5 | 16.6 | 23.4 | 174.8 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 56.5 | 93.3 | 152.0 | 190.0 | 213.4 | 170.4 | 179.6 | 228.9 | 165.4 | 158.3 | 107.0 | 65.1 | 1,777.1 |
| Source:Japan Meteorological Agency[4][5] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data forHarue, Fukui (2003−2020 normals, extremes 2003−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) | 20.7 (69.3) | 27.3 (81.1) | 31.1 (88.0) | 34.3 (93.7) | 34.2 (93.6) | 39.0 (102.2) | 37.5 (99.5) | 37.2 (99.0) | 32.5 (90.5) | 26.5 (79.7) | 23.8 (74.8) | 39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) | 7.7 (45.9) | 11.9 (53.4) | 17.6 (63.7) | 22.9 (73.2) | 26.2 (79.2) | 29.8 (85.6) | 31.8 (89.2) | 27.7 (81.9) | 22.0 (71.6) | 16.1 (61.0) | 9.6 (49.3) | 19.2 (66.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) | 3.8 (38.8) | 7.1 (44.8) | 12.4 (54.3) | 18.0 (64.4) | 22.0 (71.6) | 25.8 (78.4) | 27.2 (81.0) | 23.1 (73.6) | 17.1 (62.8) | 11.5 (52.7) | 5.9 (42.6) | 14.8 (58.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.2 (32.4) | 0.3 (32.5) | 2.6 (36.7) | 7.3 (45.1) | 13.4 (56.1) | 18.3 (64.9) | 22.5 (72.5) | 23.6 (74.5) | 19.3 (66.7) | 12.9 (55.2) | 7.5 (45.5) | 2.6 (36.7) | 10.9 (51.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.9 (19.6) | −6.8 (19.8) | −3.4 (25.9) | −1.9 (28.6) | 4.3 (39.7) | 9.8 (49.6) | 17.1 (62.8) | 15.1 (59.2) | 11.0 (51.8) | 3.9 (39.0) | −0.2 (31.6) | −5.9 (21.4) | −6.9 (19.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 180.7 (7.11) | 112.4 (4.43) | 129.5 (5.10) | 125.5 (4.94) | 136.3 (5.37) | 139.8 (5.50) | 241.4 (9.50) | 148.8 (5.86) | 225.3 (8.87) | 157.0 (6.18) | 167.2 (6.58) | 278.5 (10.96) | 2,029.9 (79.92) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 21.7 | 15.3 | 14.6 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 12.7 | 9.0 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 16.1 | 23.2 | 168.2 |
| Source:Japan Meteorological Agency[6][7] | |||||||||||||
Per Japanese census data,[8] the population of Sakai has recently plateaued after a long period of growth. Sakai is the second most populous city in Fukui Prefecture. The Harue and Maruoka neighborhoods in the southern part of the city function ascommuter towns for the city of Fukui.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1970 | 68,797 | — |
| 1980 | 75,983 | +10.4% |
| 1990 | 83,372 | +9.7% |
| 2000 | 91,173 | +9.4% |
| 2010 | 91,900 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 88,481 | −3.7% |
Sakai is part of the ancientEchizen Province. The semi-legendaryKofun periodEmperor Keitai is said to have come from the area that is now theMaruoka neighbourhood of Sakai. During theEdo period, the area was divided between the holdings ofthe Maruoka Domain,Fukui Domain andtenryō holdings directly under control of theTokugawa shogunate. Following theMeiji restoration, the area was organised into part ofSakai District in Fukui Prefecture. The epicentre of the1948 Fukui earthquake was in Maruoka.[9] The towns ofMikuni and Maruoka were created with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. The village ofHarue was raised to town status on April 3, 1942. The village of Sakai was created on March 1, 1955 by the merger of the villages of Higashi-Jūgō, Hyōgo and Ōseki. It was raised to town status on April 1, 1961. The modern city of Sakai was established on March 20, 2006, from the merger of the former town of Sakai with the towns of Harue, Maruoka and Mikuni. Sakai District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
Sakai has amayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and aunicameral city legislature of 26 members.
Sakai has 19 public elementary schools and five middle schools operated by the city government, and three public high school operated by the Fukui Prefectural Board of Education. The prefectural also operates one special education school.
As of 16 March 2024,JR West no longer operates in Sakai as its operations on theHokuriku Main Line were transferred to third-sector company Hapi-line Fukui.[10]
Echizen RailwayMikuni Awara Line
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