Chiba [city] - Chiba

Japanese: 千葉[市] - ちば

A city in the north-central part of Chiba prefecture facing Tokyo Bay. It was incorporated as a city in 1921. It became a city designated by government ordinance in April 1992, with six wards established: Chuo, Hanamigawa, Inage, Wakaba, Midori, and Mihama. It is the prefectural capital. The city center developed as a castle town for the Chiba clan in the Middle Ages, and as a post town on the Chiba Kaido road in the early modern period. Especially after the Meiji period, it developed rapidly as the political and economic center of the prefecture, a key railway point, and a military city. It is served by the Sobu Main Line, the Sotobo and Uchibo Lines, the Keiyo Line, the Keisei Electric Railway Chiba Line and Chihara Line, and the Chiba Urban Monorail, and after the electrification of the Sobu Main Line between Tokyo and Chiba in 1935, it became part of Tokyo's commuting area. Since the 1950s, steel mills and thermal power plants have been established on the reclaimed land along the bay. Together with the construction of Chiba Port and the development of inland industrial parks in the Imai and Soga areas, Chiba has grown into an industrial city that is the core of the Keiyo Industrial Region, with the value of manufactured goods shipped reaching 874.3 billion yen (2003), ranking second in the prefecture. The city is connected by roads such as the Keiyo Road, the Higashi-Kanto Expressway, the Tateyama Expressway, and the Chiba-Togane Road. In the 1960s, coastal areas such as Kemigawa and Inage were reclaimed, and residential areas and industrial parks were developed. In the Makuhari area, a new urban center was built in the 1980s, with large intelligent buildings and hotels lined up around the Japan Convention Center (Makuhari Messe). The rural areas on the Shimousa Plateau produce a lot of peanuts and sweet potatoes. Chiba University and the Kasori Shell Mound (historic site) are located here. The Great East Japan Earthquake caused damage in the city. The area was 271.76 ^km2 . The population was 961,749 (2010).
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千葉県中北部，東京湾に面する市。1921年市制。1992年４月政令指定都市となり，中央，花見川，稲毛，若葉，緑，美浜の６区を設置。県庁所在地。中心市街は中世は千葉氏の城下町，近世は千葉街道の宿場町として発達，特に明治以後は県の政治経済の中心，鉄道の要衝，軍都として急速に発展。総武本線，外房・内房線，京葉線，京成電鉄千葉線・千原線，千葉都市モノレールが通じ，1935年の総武本線東京〜千葉間電化後は東京の通勤圏となった。1950年代以降，湾岸埋立地に製鉄所，火力発電所などが進出，千葉港築港，今井・蘇我地区などの内陸工業団地造成と相まって製造品出荷額では8743億円（2003）を上げて，県内２位の位置を占め，京葉工業地域の中核をなす工業都市に成長した。道路では京葉道路，東関東自動車道，館山自動車道，千葉東金道路などが通じる。1960年代には検見川(けみがわ)，稲毛などの海岸部も埋め立てられ，住宅地や工場団地が造成された。幕張地区では，1980年代以降日本コンベンションセンター〈幕張メッセ〉を中心に大型インテリジェントビルやホテルが建ち並ぶ新都心が建設された。下総(しもうさ)台地上の農村部ではラッカセイ，サツマイモを多産。千葉大学，加曾利貝塚（史跡）がある。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。271.76km²。96万1749人（2010）。
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