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Chitose 千歳市 | |
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| Chitose City | |
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 Location of Chitose inHokkaido | |
  Chitose  Chitose .svg) Chitose | |
| Coordinates:42°49′N141°39′E / 42.817°N 141.650°E /42.817; 141.650 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Hokkaido |
| Prefecture | Hokkaido |
| Subprefecture | Ishikari Subprefecture |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ryūichi Yokota |
| Area | |
• Total | 594.50 km2 (229.54 sq mi) |
| Population (February 1, 2024) | |
• Total | 97,919 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (430/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www |
| Symbols | |
| Flower | Azalea and hanashōbu(Iris ensata var.ensata) |
| Tree | Japanese white birch and katsura(Cercidiphyllum japonicum) |
Chitose (千歳市,Chitose-shi) is acity located inIshikari Subprefecture,Hokkaido,Japan, and home to theNew Chitose Airport, the biggest international airport in Hokkaido and closest airport toSapporo, as well as the neighboringChitose Air Base. As of February 1, 2024, the city had an estimatedpopulation of 97,919, with 52,196households,[1] and apopulation density of 165 persons per km². The total area is 594.50 km². The city was founded on July 1, 1958. The city is notable for having aPeace Pagoda, built by the Japanese Buddhist orderNipponzan Myohoji in 1978.
Chitose is one of the gateways to theShikotsu-Toya National Park,Lake Shikotsu andMount Tarumae. The city is bounded byEniwa in the north and byTomakomai in the south.
In theAinu language, Chitose was originally calledshikot, meaning big depression or hollow, likeLake Shikotsu which is acaldera lake. In Japanese, this sounded too much like dead bones (死骨,shikotsu), so it was changed toChitose.[2]
Chitose experiences ahumid continental climate with cold winters and warm summers. The hottest and coldest temperatures, respectively, ever recorded are 34.2 °C (93.6 °F) and −30.7 °C (−23.3 °F).
| Climate data for Chitose (1991−2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 8.2 (46.8) | 9.1 (48.4) | 16.2 (61.2) | 24.1 (75.4) | 29.9 (85.8) | 31.4 (88.5) | 34.1 (93.4) | 34.2 (93.6) | 30.5 (86.9) | 25.8 (78.4) | 20.9 (69.6) | 15.0 (59.0) | 34.2 (93.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.1 (30.0) | −0.3 (31.5) | 4.1 (39.4) | 11.0 (51.8) | 16.6 (61.9) | 20.0 (68.0) | 23.0 (73.4) | 25.1 (77.2) | 22.5 (72.5) | 16.1 (61.0) | 8.9 (48.0) | 1.7 (35.1) | 12.3 (54.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −6.1 (21.0) | −5.3 (22.5) | −1.2 (29.8) | 5.5 (41.9) | 11.1 (52.0) | 15.1 (59.2) | 18.8 (65.8) | 20.9 (69.6) | 17.4 (63.3) | 10.4 (50.7) | 3.9 (39.0) | −3.0 (26.6) | 7.3 (45.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.9 (8.8) | −12.5 (9.5) | −5.8 (21.6) | 0.0 (32.0) | 6.0 (42.8) | 11.4 (52.5) | 15.7 (60.3) | 17.5 (63.5) | 12.5 (54.5) | 4.3 (39.7) | −1.7 (28.9) | −8.9 (16.0) | 2.1 (35.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −30.7 (−23.3) | −30.3 (−22.5) | −25.7 (−14.3) | −14.2 (6.4) | −3.8 (25.2) | 2.7 (36.9) | 8.0 (46.4) | 9.1 (48.4) | 1.1 (34.0) | −4.6 (23.7) | −18.1 (−0.6) | −25.9 (−14.6) | −30.7 (−23.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 25.6 (1.01) | 30.1 (1.19) | 45.8 (1.80) | 66.8 (2.63) | 89.0 (3.50) | 95.7 (3.77) | 113.2 (4.46) | 155.2 (6.11) | 140.5 (5.53) | 93.4 (3.68) | 80.3 (3.16) | 49.0 (1.93) | 984.7 (38.77) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 63 (25) | 64 (25) | 42 (17) | 3 (1.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 10 (3.9) | 44 (17) | 227 (89) |
| Average rainy days | 7.3 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 8.5 | 9.8 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 10.4 | 7.8 | 110.2 |
| Average snowy days | 7.5 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 4.7 | 26.6 |
| Source:Japan Meteorological Agency, New Chitose Aviation Weather Station[3] | |||||||||||||
Per Japanese census data,[4] the population of Chitose has grown steadily over the past half-century.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1970 | 56,118 | — |
| 1980 | 66,788 | +19.0% |
| 1990 | 78,946 | +18.2% |
| 2000 | 88,897 | +12.6% |
| 2010 | 93,604 | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 97,950 | +4.6% |
China Airlines operates its Sapporo office on the third floor of the airport building.[5]
The airlineHokkaido Air System was at one time headquartered at theNew Chitose Airport in Chitose.[6] Now its head office is on the property ofOkadama Airport inHigashi-ku,Sapporo.[7]
Muroran Main Line runs through the east of the city but there is no station.
Chitose is accessed by two expressways with an interchange in the west and another in the north on a separate expressway and the Chitose-Eniwa Junction connecting with the Eastern Hokkaido Expressway in the northwest. Chitose is also linked byNational Route 36,National Route 274,National Route 276,National Route 337, andNational Route 453.
Chitose has a university, two high schools, 18 junior high schools, and 10 elementary schools.[citation needed]
Chitose's mascots areTamaran (たまらん) andTamarin (たまりん). They are a fusion of eggs and airplanes to represent the city's dependence on eggs.[8]
Chitose hassister city relationships with:[9]
Anchorage, Alaska, United States (since 1968)
Changchun,Jilin, China (since 2004)
Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Japan (since 1994)
Kongsberg, Norway (since 1988)
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