Amagasaki, Hyōgo

Infobox City Japan
Name= Amagasaki
JapaneseName= 尼崎市
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Region= Kansai
Prefecture= Hyōgo
District=
Area_km2= 49.77
PopDate= April 1, 2008
Population= 460,261
Density_km2= 9244
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LatitudeDegrees= 34
LatitudeMinutes= 44
LatitudeSeconds=
LongtitudeDegrees= 135
LongtitudeMinutes= 24
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Tree= Dogwood
Flower= Oleander
Bird=
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SymbolDescription= Flag
Mayor= Aya Shirai
CityHallPostalCode= 660-8501
CityHallAddress= 1-23-1 Higashinanamatsu-chō, Amagasaki-shi, Hyōgo-ken
CityHallPhone= 06-6489-6880
CityHallLink= [http://www.city.amagasaki.hyogo.jp/ City of Amagasaki]

History

During the Edo period, the Amagasaki Domain had its administrative headquarters at Amagasaki Castle here.

Transportation

Railways

*West Japan Railway Company
**Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line) Amagazaki Station (JR) - Tachibana Station
**Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line) Amagasaki Station (JR) - Tsukaguchi Station (JR) - Inadera Station
**JR Tozai Line Amagasaki Station (JR)
*Hankyu Railway
**Hankyu Kobe Line Sonoda Station - Tsukaguchi Station (Hankyu) - Mukonoso Station
**Hankyu Itami Line Tsukaguchi Station (Hankyu)
*Hanshin Electric Railway
**Hanshin Main Line Kuise Station - Daimotsu Station - Amagasaki Station (Hanshin) - Deyashiki Station - Amagasaki Center Pool mae Station - Mukogawa Station
**Hanshin Nishi-Osaka Line Daimotsu Station - Amagasaki Station (Hanshin)

A commuter train derailed on the Fukuchiyama Line near Amagazaki on April 25, 2005, resulting in more than 100 dead and 460 injured. See Amagasaki rail crash for details.

Roads

*Route 2, Route 43, Route 173
*Expressways
**Meishin Expressway
**Hanshin Expressway Kobe Route (3)
**Hanshin Expressway Wangan Route (5)
*Yamate Road

Politics of Amagasaki

* Amagasaki mayoral election, 2002

Economy

Amagasaki is a major part of Hanshin Industrial Region.Value of manufactured goods shipments in Amagasaki,1,288 billion yen (2004 [http://www.city.amagasaki.hyogo.jp/sect/sanritu/ama_sangyo3.html] .see also Hanshin Industrial Region.

ister cities

*flagicon|Germany Augsburg, Germany - since April 7, 1959
*flagicon|China Anshan, China - since February 2, 1983 (friendship city)

External links

* [http://www.city.amagasaki.hyogo.jp/ Official website]
* [http://www.city.amagasaki.hyogo.jp/web/contents/profile/ama-tsushin/hakken/hakken_eng/index.htm Rediscover Amagasaki]

Japanese comedian DOWNTOWN is from Amagasaki.