The city was founded on March 15, 1954, centered on Shimodate Station on the JR Mito Line. It is also the southern terminus of the Mooka Line (ex-JR, transferred to private ownership 1988) and the northern terminus of the Kanto RailwayJōsō Line.
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Official website of Chikusei (in Japanese)
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shimodate, ibaraki, shimodate, 下館市, shimodate, city, located, ibaraki, prefecture, japan, 2003, city, estimated, population, density, persons, total, area, march, 2005, shimodate, along, with, towns, akeno, kyōwa, sekijō, from, makabe, district, merged, create. Shimodate 下館市 Shimodate shi was a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture Japan Map of Shimodate IbarakiAs of 2003 the city had an estimated population of 64 467 and the density of 747 44 persons per km2 The total area was 86 25 km2 On March 28 2005 Shimodate along with the towns of Akeno Kyōwa and Sekijō all from Makabe District was merged to create the city of Chikusei and no longer exists as an independent municipality The city was founded on March 15 1954 centered on Shimodate Station on the JR Mito Line It is also the southern terminus of the Mooka Line ex JR transferred to private ownership 1988 and the northern terminus of the Kanto Railway Jōsō Line External links editOfficial website of Chikusei in Japanese nbsp This Ibaraki Prefecture location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shimodate Ibaraki amp oldid 1091180233, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
