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Sendai

hoofdstad van de Japanse prefectuur Miyagi

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Sendai is the capital of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in Japan's Tōhoku region, with a population of over 1.1 million people making it the twelfth most populated city in the country. As a major urban center, it serves as an important economic and administrative hub for northeastern Japan.

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Settlement.name: Sendai
Settlement.settlement_type: Prefecture capital and designated city
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Sendai, Miyagi.svg
Settlement.image_seal: Symbol of Sendai, Miyagi.svg
Settlement.nickname: City of Trees
Settlement.image_map1: Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture Ja.svg
Settlement.map_caption1: Location of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture
Settlement.pushpin_map: Japan
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption:  
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Japan
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tōhoku
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Prefecture
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Miyagi
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Kazuko Kōri
Settlement.area_total_km2: 786.30

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Wikidata facts

Named after: Sendai Castle
Official name: 仙台市
Country: Japan
Located in: Miyagi Prefecture
Contains: Izumi-ku
Continent: Asia
Capital: Aoba-ku
Population: 1045986
Area: 786.35
Elevation: 57
Time zone: UTC+09:00
Body of water: Pacific Ocean
Head of government: Kazuko Kōri
Shares border with: Higashine
Official website: www.city.sendai.jp/koryu/foreignlanguage
Image: SendaiCity Skylines from Mukaiyama2018.jpg
Dialing code: 22

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twinned administrative body: Shiraoi
Commons category: Sendai, Miyagi
topic's main category: Category:Sendai
category for people born here: Category:Births in Sendai
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Sendai
postal code: 980-8671
Commons gallery: 仙台市
described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
category of associated people: Category:People from Sendai
native label: 仙台市
inception: 1601-01-00
name in kana: せんだいし
official symbol: Meloimorpha japonica
located in/on physical feature: Sendai Plain
foods traditionally associated: gyūtan
nickname: 杜の都
catchphrase: 楽都仙台
social media followers: 22700
Köppen climate classification: humid subtropical climate
associated electoral district: Miyagi 3rd district
hashtag: 仙台市
P8168: The Wild Dove
P12749: Houghton County

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Sendai (Japans: 仙台市,Sendai-shi) is de hoofdstad van de prefectuur Miyagi in Japan. Deze havenstad heeft een oppervlakte van 786,30 km² en telt ruim een miljoen inwoners. Sendai is de grootste stad van de regio Tohoku. Op 11 maart 2011 werd Sendai getroffen door een zeebeving met een kracht van 8,9 op de schaal van Richter. De beving vond plaats 130 km ten oosten van de stad. Een tsunami met een hoogte van 10 meter is nabij Sendai waargenomen.

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