Title: Chiba (city) Content:  is a Japanese city in Chiba Prefecture on the island of Honshu.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Chiba" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 109. It is the capital city of the prefecture.Nussbaum, "Chiba-ken" at p. 109. It is about southeast of the center of Tokyo near the Tokyo Bay. It has been recognized as a city designated by government ordinance since 1992.Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research, (2011); Table 1 [PDF 6 of 14]; doi:10.1155/2011/692764; retrieved 2012-12-7. ==Weather== Chiba has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). It is very hot i summer, and cool until mild winter. There is a lot of precipitation throughout the year, but there is less precipitation in winter. ==People== As of February 2016, Chiba had an estimated 972,861 people living there. It had a population density of 3,580 persons per km². The total area of Chiba is . There were 19,135 registered foreign residents in Chiba as of March 31, 2007. Foreigners are about 2% of the total number of people. It has the 14th most amount of people in Japan. ==Transportation== ===Airports=== There is no commercial airport in Chiba. Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) are the closest major airports. ===Highways=== * Higashi-Kantō Expressway to Tokyo, Narita and Kashima * Tateyama Expressway to Kisarazu * Keiyō Road * Chiba-Tōgane Road (Japan National Route 126 * Japan National Route 14 * Japan National Route 16 * Japan National Route 51 * Japan National Route 128 * Japan National Route 357 ==Education== ===Colleges and universities=== * Chiba University * Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences * Kanda University of International Studies * Tokyo Dental College * Shukutoku University * Keiai University * Chiba Keizai University * Tokyo University of Information Sciences * The Open University of Japan * Uekusa University * Teikyo Heisei University (Chiba campus) * Chiba Meitoku College * Japan Christian Junior College ===High schools=== Chiba has 20 public high schools. They are controlled by the Chiba Prefectural Board of Education. Two public high schools are controlled by the Chiba City Board of Education. This includes Inage Senior High School. There are also nine private high schools. They include the Makuhari Junior and Senior High School. ===Elementary and middle schools=== Chiba has 114 public elementary schools. It also has one private elementary school. There are 59 public middle schools. It also has one private middle school. ===International schools=== *Chiba Korean Primary and Junior High School ==Hospitals and clinics== * Chiba Kaihin Hospital (Mihama- ku) * Chiba University Hospital (Chuo-ku) * Kashiwado Hospital (Chuo-ku) * Tokyo Dental College Chiba Hospital (Mihama-ku) * Koizumi Clinic (Hanamigawa- ku) * Mizuno Clinic (Hanamigawa-ku) * Hirayama Hospital (Hanamigawa-ku) ==Sister cities== Chiba is twinned with: * North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, since January 1, 1970 * Asunción, Paraguay, since January 1, 1970 * Houston, Texas, United States, since October 24, 1972 * Quezon City, Philippines, since November 9, 1972 * Tianjin, China, since May 7, 1986 * Montreux, Switzerland, since May 28, 1996 * Wujiang, China, since October 10, 1996