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Sōsa

Sōsa City Hall

Sōsa (匝瑳市, Sōsa-shi) is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2020, the city had an estimated population of 35,674 in 14,688 households and a population density of 350 persons per km².[1] The total area of the city is 101.78 square kilometres (39.30 sq mi).

Geography

Sōsa is located in far northeastern Chiba Prefecture. It is bordered to the north by the Pacific Ocean on the southwest. The land is mostly flat, and much is from 40 to 50 meters above sea level in average elevation.

The northern section, a mixture of valleys, ports and rice fields, consists of a plateau made up of complicated terrain and features. The southern half consists of flat terrain facing Kujūkuri Beach.

Through the center of the city runs both the Japan Railways (JR) Sōbu Main Line and Japan National Route 126, which run east-west. To the west of the center of Sosa is Japan National Route 296, which runs north-south.

Neighboring municipalities

Chiba Prefecture

Climate

Sōsa has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Sōsa is 15.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1557 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around 5.1 °C.[2]

Demographics

Census statistics

History

Sōsa was founded on January 23, 2006 as a result of the merger between the former city of Yōkaichiba, and the former town of Nosaka (from Sōsa District).

Sōsa City History Timeline

A 8 December 1915
B 3 November 1948
C 31 March 1954
D 1 July 1954
E 17 July 1954
F 23 January 2006

Events

Government

Sōsa has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 18 members. Sōsa contributes one member to the Chiba Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Chiba 10th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy

Sōsa is a regional commercial center whose economy is primarily agricultural. Sōsa is well known for growing trees that are sold all over Japan.

Major retail

Shopping

CAINZ HOME Super Center

Financial institutions

Education

High schools

Junior high schools

Elementary schools

Transportation

Railway

JR East – Sōbu Main Line

Bus transportation

Municipal bus routes

Major bus companies

Highway bus

Yōkaichiba Bus Route (Tokyo Station – Sōsa City Hall)

Bus stops at the following areas:

Choshi-Chiba-Makuhari Route

Bus stops at the following areas:

Roadways

National highways

Prefectural roads

Main artery roads
General roads
Farm road

Area highways, toll roads

Choshi Renraku Road

Places and events

Locations

  • Shingon-Chisan, Buddhist Sect (Setsubun Buddhist Mass is held every new year)

Exhibition and community areas

  • Formally named the “Municipal and Agricultural Exchange Terminal Community Park of Yōkaichiba”, Sosa City established and controls this institution for the promotion of activity in local industry with the intention of exchange between the municipal and the agricultural parts of the city.
  • At a shoreline of roughly 150m, this beach area's waves are calm compared to nearby Kujukuri Beach.

Festivals

Notable people of Sōsa

References

  1. ^ "Sōsa city official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.
  2. ^ Sōsa climate data
  3. ^ Sōsa Population statistics

External links

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