Kanazawa

is the caipital ceety o Ishikawa Prefectur, Japan.

Geography, climate, an population

Kanazawa sits on the Sea o Japan, bordered bi the Japan Alps, Hakusan Naitional Pairk an Noto Peninsula Naitional Pairk. The ceety sits atween the Sai an Asano rivers. Its tot aurie is 467.77 km².

Kanazawa's wather is temperate tho rainy. Average temperaturs are seemilar tae those o Tokyo tho slichtly ceuler. Mean temperaturs are approximately 4 °C in Januar, 15 °C in Apryle, 25 °C in Julie an August, 15 °C in October, an 5 °C in December. The minimum temperatur on record wis -2.3 °C (2002), wi a maximum o 37.5 °C (2002). The ceety is relatively wet, wi an average humidity o 73% an 178 rainy days in an average year. Precipitation is heichest in the hairst an winter; it averages mair nor 250 mm / month November throu Januar.

In the quinquennial census o 2010, the ceety haed a population o 462,478 (2005: 454,607), givin a population density o 989 persons per km².

Sister ceeties
Kanazawa is twinned wi:
  Buffalo, Unitit States (syne December 18, 1962)
  Porto Alegre, Brazil (syne Mairch 20, 1967)
  Irkutsk, Roushie (syne Mairch 20, 1967)
  Ghent, Belgium (syne October 4, 1971)
  Nancy, Fraunce (syne October 12, 1973)
  Suzhou, Cheenae (syne Juin 13, 1981)
  Jeonju, Republic o Korea (syne Aprile 30, 2002)

References

Freemit airtins

 Offeecial wabsteid  in Inglis
 Kanazawa Tourist Information Guide  in Inglis
 Kanazawa Guide  includes interactive cairt an ower 340 pictures.



Category:Ceeties in Ishikawa Prefectur
Category:Port dounsets in Japan
Category:Populatit coastal places in Japan