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The town of Hokota was created with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. The city of Hokota was established on
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1416:April 1,
1389:April 1,
1036:Source:
1031:1,980.8
937:(57.81)
868:Average
583:(100.0)
558:(100.0)
553:(100.0)
458:(Köppen
434:Namegata
1840:Yachiyo
1770:Kawachi
1743:Ibaraki
1677:Omitama
1642:Kashima
1617:Ishioka
1587:Hitachi
1561:Tsukuba
1516:capital
1284:Highway
1237:Railway
1214:Economy
1206:of the
1202:of the
1165:History
935:1,468.5
932:(2.30)
927:(3.87)
922:(9.08)
917:(7.68)
912:(4.01)
907:(5.48)
902:(5.59)
897:(5.37)
892:(4.82)
887:(4.53)
882:(2.48)
877:(2.62)
863:(12.9)
858:(15.6)
853:(22.5)
848:(30.2)
843:(41.4)
838:(54.7)
833:(53.4)
828:(45.1)
823:(31.1)
818:(24.1)
813:(19.0)
808:(14.5)
803:(12.9)
793:(48.0)
788:(31.1)
783:(41.2)
778:(53.4)
773:(64.9)
768:(71.2)
763:(68.5)
758:(61.2)
753:(53.1)
748:(43.2)
743:(34.0)
738:(28.0)
733:(26.6)
723:(56.8)
718:(41.2)
713:(51.1)
708:(61.5)
703:(71.4)
698:(77.5)
693:(74.8)
688:(67.8)
683:(61.9)
678:(53.6)
673:(44.8)
668:(38.7)
663:(37.0)
653:(66.4)
648:(52.7)
643:(61.5)
638:(70.2)
633:(79.3)
628:(86.0)
623:(83.3)
618:(75.7)
613:(71.2)
608:(63.7)
603:(54.9)
598:(49.3)
593:(48.6)
578:(75.4)
573:(77.4)
568:(89.4)
563:(98.1)
548:(93.9)
543:(92.7)
538:(84.9)
533:(76.5)
528:(75.6)
523:(64.2)
450:Climate
439:Omitama
429:Kashima
312:Symbols
294:Website
283:Climate
274:Address
209:Ibaraki
180:Country
1717:Ushiku
1702:Toride
1662:Moriya
1637:Kasama
1632:Kamisu
1607:Hokota
1570:Cities
1258:Hinuma
1155:45,953
1144:50,156
1133:50,915
1122:50,123
1111:47,731
1103:−10.9%
1100:45,119
1089:50,616
1078:51,684
1028:161.8
1025:146.6
1022:139.1
1019:145.2
1016:193.2
1013:154.4
1010:137.1
1007:184.9
1004:185.7
1001:181.3
998:170.2
995:181.4
474:Month
365:Hokota
345:Sakura
331:Flower
236:45,886
192:Region
135:
129:Hokota
34:Hokota
18:Hokota
1828:Sakai
1811:Tōkai
1799:Daigo
1748:Ōarai
1622:Itako
1577:Bandō
1278:Taiyō
1176:Taiyō
1172:Asahi
1158:−8.4%
1152:2020
1147:−1.5%
1141:2010
1136:+1.6%
1130:2000
1125:+5.0%
1119:1990
1114:+5.8%
1108:1980
1097:1970
1092:−2.1%
1086:1960
1075:1950
975:11.0
972:10.8
966:11.2
963:11.8
960:10.9
957:10.8
920:230.7
915:195.0
910:101.8
905:139.3
900:141.9
895:136.5
890:122.5
885:115.0
861:−10.6
801:−10.6
513:Year
444:Ōarai
394:Japan
384:is a
255:UTC+9
197:Kantō
185:Japan
1823:Goka
1787:Tone
1775:Miho
1722:Yūki
1667:Naka
1657:Koga
1627:Jōsō
1534:Mito
1511:Mito
1418:2022
1391:2022
1174:and
1064:Pop.
1060:Year
984:110
981:5.9
978:7.9
969:7.9
954:9.9
951:6.1
948:5.8
930:58.3
925:98.2
880:62.9
875:66.5
856:−9.1
851:−5.3
846:−1.0
836:12.6
831:11.9
821:−0.5
816:−4.4
811:−7.2
806:−9.7
786:−0.5
776:11.9
771:18.3
766:21.8
761:20.3
756:16.2
751:11.7
736:−2.2
731:−3.0
721:13.8
711:10.6
706:16.4
701:21.9
696:25.3
691:23.8
686:19.9
681:16.6
676:12.0
651:19.1
646:11.5
641:16.4
636:21.2
631:26.3
626:30.0
621:28.5
616:24.3
611:21.8
606:17.6
601:12.7
581:37.8
576:24.1
571:25.2
566:31.9
561:36.7
556:37.8
551:37.8
546:34.4
541:33.7
536:29.4
531:24.7
526:24.2
521:17.9
510:Dec
507:Nov
504:Oct
501:Sep
498:Aug
495:Jul
492:Jun
489:May
486:Apr
483:Mar
480:Feb
477:Jan
386:city
341:Tree
321:Bird
215:Area
89:Seal
79:Flag
51:City
1765:Ami
1411:JMA
1384:JMA
1246:-
1182:).
841:5.2
826:7.3
791:8.9
781:5.1
746:6.2
741:1.1
716:5.1
671:7.1
666:3.7
661:2.8
596:9.6
591:9.2
460:Cfa
371:鉾田市
288:Cfa
40:鉾田市
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