Statistical Sketch of Nagoya

GEOGRAPHY
LOCATION 136¡47'41" - 137¡ 3'50"E. longitude (East-West distance 24. 55km)
35¡ 1'50" - 35¡15'26"N. latitude (North-South distance 25.08km)
ALTITUDE
(above sea level)
Highest point 198.30m
Lowest point -1.73m
AREA
Municipal area 326. 45 km2
Privately owned area 185 km2
Agricultural land 18 km2
Residential area 141 km2

CLIMATE (2003)
TEMPERATURE
Average 15.7 centigrade
Max. 35.4 centigrade
Min. -4.4 centigrade
AVERAGE HUMIDITY
68%
SUNSHINE
Total hours 1,890hours
Percentage of sunshine 43%
PRECIPITATION
Total 1,905mm Max. daily 83.5 mm(Jul. 1)
WEATHER (days)
Clear 26
Cloudy 124
Rainy 105
Snowy 17
FELT EARTHQUAKES
Frequency 9
(Seismic intensity 1--8, 2--1, 3--0)
[MAJOR DISASTERS]
ISE BAY TYPHOON (Sep. 26,1959)
Maximun wind speed 45. 7m/s
Persons killed and missing 1,851
NOBI EARTHQUAKE (Oct. 28,1891)
Magunitude 8.0
Persons killed 190

POPULATION
Current population
2,202,111(October.1,2004)
Male 1,092,926
Female 1,109,185
BY AGE (Oct. 1, 2003)
Total-- 2,193,376 (100.0%)
0~14 (years) 297,553 (13.6%)
15~64 1,494,367 (68.1%)
65~ 378,832 (17.3%)
Average age 41.6
Average life span
(1995)
Male 77.97
Female 85.05
VITAL STATISTICS (2002)
. Nunber Rate (per 1,000 persons)
Live-births 19,805 9.1 every 27 minutes
Deaths 15,566 7.1 every 34 minutes
Marriages 14,311 6.5 every 37 minutes
Divorces 5,206 2.4 every 1 hours and 41 minutes
MIGRANTS (Oct.2002~Sep.2003)
In-migrant 97,112
Out-migrant 94,663
Net loss -2,449

[POPULATION CENSUS]
PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS (Oct.1,2000)---877,508
Nuclear families 496,294
Aged-couple households (over 65 years) 49.563
Three generation households 54,141
Single person households 298,525
Aged-single-person households (over 65 years) 59,890
DAYTIME POPURATION(Oct.1,2000)---2,514,549
Inflow to the city 546,744
Commuting employed persons 468,805
Persons attending school 75,360
Outflow from the city 181,144
Commuting employed persons 153,552
Persons attending school 26,717
EMPLOYED PERSONS (Oct.1,2000)---1,109,920
Primary industries 3,491 (0.3%)
Secondary industries 308,593 (27.8%)
Mining 129
Construction 103,916
Manufacturing 204,548
Tertiary industries 786,408 (70.9%)
Electricity,gas,water and heat supply 6,861
Transport and communication 77,992
Wholesale and retail trade and eating and drinking places 328,959
Financing and insurance 31,995
Real estate 17,464
Services 297,772
Government 25,365