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Kiyose
Total population
75,072
Founded
1970
Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Kiyose is a city located in the west of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 April 2021, the city had an estimated population of 74,972 in 36,376 households, and a population density of 7300 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 10.23 square kilometres (3.95 sq mi).
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History
Archaeologists have found evidence of human settlement in the Kiyose area dating from over 20 thousand years ago, during the last glacial maximum. During the Muromachi period, the area came under the control of from Saku in Shinano Province (now Nagano Prefecture). The Oishi clan constructed Taki-no-Jo Castle, but it was lost during battles with Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The village of Kiyose was created within Kitatama District, Kanagawa by the merger of the hamlets of , , , , , and with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. In 1893, Kitatama was transferred from Kanagawa Prefecture to Tokyo. In 1954, Kiyose was elevated to town status and to city status on October 1, 1970. Kiyose was noted for many sanatoria for tuberculosis patients. Whilst the incidence of the disease has greatly decreased, the city still has the second-most hospital beds after Chiyoda Ward.
Geography
Kiyose City is roughly in the shape of a wedge, bordered by Saitama Prefecture to the north, east and south and separated from the city of Tokorozawa by the Yanase River. The city has considerable green space, with around 46% of its area remaining rural. Kiyose is located on a flat tableland about 15 km from the northeastern edge of Musashino Plateau. The city measures approximately 6.5 km northeast to southwest and 2 km northwest to southeast, with the west side slightly higher than the east. Average altitude above sea level ranges from 65 meters at Takeoka in the west to 20 meters at Shitajuku in the northeastern side. The city area is mostly diluvial soil except for a small area of alluvial soil by Yanase River, which runs on the edge of the region. Tokyo Metropolis * Higashikurume *Higashimurayama Saitama Prefecture * Niiza * Tokorozawa Kiyose has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kiyose is 14.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1647 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 2.3 °C.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
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Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Tokyo
- Higashikurume2.4 mi away · pop. 116,566
- Higashimurayama2.9 mi away · pop. 150,116
- Nishitokyo4.1 mi away · pop. 202,435
- Musashino5.1 mi away · pop. 140,162
- Kodaira5.2 mi away · pop. 191,406
- Koganei5.7 mi away · pop. 122,977
- Higashiyamato6.5 mi away · pop. 84,876
- Kokubunji6.8 mi away · pop. 123,290
- Mitaka7.2 mi away · pop. 189,577
- Saiwaicho7.4 mi away
- Nerima7.6 mi away · pop. 733,150
- Sakaecho7.7 mi away
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Public attention
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Books about Kiyose
Search results from Open Library.
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Official Identifiers
e-Stat — Statistics Bureau of Japan
- JIS code
- 132217
- Population (Wikidata)
- 75,389
- Wikidata
- Q329754
JIS X 0402 dantai codes via Wikidata P429
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • e-Stat / Statistics Bureau of Japan — JIS X 0402 dantai code via Wikidata P429 (prefecture, municipality)
- • e-Stat — Statistics Bureau of Japan — JIS X 0402 dantai codes via Wikidata P429