Itami [city] - Itami

Japanese: 伊丹[市] - いたみ

A city in the southeastern part of Hyogo Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1940. It occupies the Muko River basin in the western part of the Osaka Plain, and was formerly called Inano. There are many reservoirs, such as the Konyo Pond built by Gyoki, and rice fields spread across the city. The city center developed as a castle town for the Itami clan and the territory of the Konoe clan. After the opening of the Fukuchiyama Line and the Hankyu Itami Line, the machinery and equipment, textile, and chemical industries moved in, making it an industrial area second only to Amagasaki City. Precision machinery factories were also established here, and the development of cutting-edge technologies such as optical fiber was also active. It also became a satellite city of Osaka City. Sake brewing, which developed after the encouragement of the Konoe family, is active, and vegetable, fruit, and seedling cultivation is also thriving. There is Konyo-ji Temple and Osaka International Airport, and the Fukuchiyama Line, Hankyu Railway, and Chugoku Expressway pass through the city. The southern Hyogo Prefecture earthquake in January 1995 killed 19 people and caused damage to 8,570 houses, which collapsed or burned. 25.00 km ² . 196,127 people (2010).
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Japanese:

兵庫県南東部の市。1940年市制。大阪平野西部の武庫川流域を占め，古くは猪名野といい，行基築造という昆陽池など溜池(ためいけ)が多く水田が広がる。中心市街は伊丹氏の城下町，近衛家領として発達，福知山線，阪急伊丹線開通後，機械器具・繊維・化学工業などが進出して尼崎市に続く工業地域となった。精密機械の工場も立地し，光ファイバーなどの先端技術の開発も盛ん。大阪市の衛星都市化も進んだ。近衛家の奨励後発展した酒造が活発，野菜・果樹・苗木栽培も盛ん。昆陽寺，大阪国際空港があり，福知山線，阪急電鉄，中国自動車道が通じる。1995年１月の兵庫県南部地震では死者19人，倒壊・焼失家屋8570戸の被害をうけた。25.00km²。19万6127人（2010）。
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