Amagasaki

The ceety wis foondit on Aprile 1, 1916. Its population is aroond 460,000, belaw its peak o ower 554,000 in 1971.^{[citation needit]}

Amagasaki 尼崎
Core ceety
尼崎市 · Amagasaki
Amagasaki Cultural Zone
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Location of Amagasaki in Hyōgo Prefectur
Coordinates: 34°44′N 135°24′E / 34.733°N 135.400°E / 34.733; 135.400 135°24′E / 34.733°N 135.400°E / 34.733; 135.400
Kintra	Japan
Region	Kansai
Prefectur	Hyōgo Prefectur
Govrenment
• Mayor	Kazumi Inamura (Greens Japan)
Area
• Total	49.77 km2 (19.22 sq mi)
Population  (2012)
• Total	450,244
• Density	9010/km2 (23,300/sq mi)
Symbols
• Tree	Dogwood
• Flouer	Oleander
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time)
City Hall Address	1-23-1 Higashinanamatsu-chō, Amagasaki-shi, Hyōgo-ken 660-8501
Website	Ceety o Amagasaki

Durin the Edo period, the Amagasaki Domain haed its admeenistrative heidquarters at Amagasaki Castle here.

Amagasaki is the hometoun o comedy duo Downtown starns Masatoshi Hamada an Hitoshi Matsumoto. It is an aa the hometoun o Formula 1 driver Kamui Kobayashi, Chiyu, the bassist o SuG, author Koushun Takami an Heath, bassist o X Japan. Toshiaki Nishioka, a umwhile warld champion boxer, is an aa frae this aurie.

Railways

• Wast Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line) Amagasaki Station (JR) - Tachibana Station
  • Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line) Amagasaki Station (JR) - Tsukaguchi Station (JR) - Inadera Station
  • JR Tōzai Line Amagasaki Station (JR)
• Hankyu Railway
  • Kobe Line Sonoda Station - Tsukaguchi Station (Hankyu) - Mukonoso Station
  • Itami Line Tsukaguchi Station (Hankyu)
• Hanshin Electric Railway
  • Main Line Kuise Station - Daimotsu Station - Amagasaki Station (Hanshin) - Deyashiki Station - Amagasaki Center Pool mae Station - Mukogawa Station
  • Hanshin Namba Line Daimotsu Station - Amagasaki Station (Hanshin)

A commuter train derailed on the Fukuchiyama Line near Amagazaki on Aprile 25, 2005, resultin in mair nor 100 dead an 550 injured. See Amagasaki rail crash for details.

 

Roads

• Route 2, Route 43, Route 171
• Expressways
  • Meishin Expressway
  • Hanshin Expressway Kobe Route (3)
  • Hanshin Expressway Wangan Route (5)
• Yamate Road

• Amagasaki mayoral election, 2002

On the 22 o November, 2010 Kazumi Inamura Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine acame the first popularly electit Greens Japan Mayor Archived 2013-09-05 at the Wayback Machine as well as the first popularly electit female mayor o the ceety wi 54% o the vote.

Amagasaki is a major pairt o the Hanshin Industrial Region. Local businesses include manufacturers such as Osaka Titanium Technologies. The value o manufactured guids shipments in Amagasaki wis 1,288 billion yen in 2004. See an aa Hanshin Industrial Region.

•   Augsburg, Germany - syne Aprile 7, 1959
•   Anshan, Cheenae - syne Februar 2, 1983 (friendship ceety)