is a city

Cities of Japan

||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...

 located in Ibaraki prefecture

Ibaraki Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan, located in the Kantō region on the main island of Honshu. The capital is Mito.-History:Ibaraki Prefecture was previously known as Hitachi Province...

, Japan

Japan

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As of 2008, the city has an estimated population

Population

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 of 155,354 and a population density

Population density

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 of 1,570 persons per km². The total area is 99.04 km².

The city was founded on November 1, 1994, after the cities of Katsuta and Nakaminato were consolidated together.

It is a hiragana city

Hiragana and katakana place names

The hiragana cities of Japan are cities whose names are written in hiragana rather than kanji. Traditionally, all Japanese place names were written using kanji...

, the place name is written with the hiragana

Hiragana

is a Japanese syllabary, one basic component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and the Latin alphabet . Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems, in which each character represents one mora...

 syllabary, and not the more traditional kanji

Kanji

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New development

Hitachinaka and its renewal and urbanization of its harbor (Hitachinaka Port) proceeds development in adjoining Mito

Mito, Ibaraki

is the capital of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan and has a central location, moderately offset towards the coast in that prefecture. As of 2005, the city has an estimated population of 263,748 and a total area is 217.45 km², giving a population density of 1,212.91 persons per km²...

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External links

• Official website
• Mito Winged Tower - memorial tower at site of former Mito Airfield