Haubei
| Haubei Chinese:郝北城 Hǎo běichéng Korean:하오 바이 hao bai si | ||
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| Municipality | ||
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Haubei Skyline Haubei Skyline | ||
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| Nickname(s): Flatland | ||
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Location on Ryukyushu Location on Ryukyushu | ||
| Foundation | 12 April, 669 B.C. | |
| Founded by | Umo Haubei | |
| Named for | Umo Haubei(Founder) | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipality | |
| • Mayor | Iwan Oswowak (RUP) | |
| Area | ||
| • Municipality | 767.35 km2 km2 (296.3 sq mi sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 17 m (55 ft) | |
| Population | ||
| • Municipality | 13,997,090 | |
| • Urban | 19,920,998 | |
| • Metro | 21,396,580 | |
Haubei(Chinese:郝北城 Hǎo běichéng; Korean:하오 바이 hao bai si) is the second largest city in Ryukyu and is one of the laergest cities in thw world
History
Geography
Climate
Haubei has a tropical all year around climate where the temperature is no lower that 64°F(18°C) and has rain all year long. It peak of rain is in June where it get 15 inches(398 millimeters) of rain. The summer months are also wet due to the typhoons that roll in. Temperatures also reach the 90's in May, June , July, and August.
| Climate data for Haubei (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 23.4
(74.1) |
24.1
(75.4) |
26.5
(79.7) |
28.8
(83.8) |
33
(91.8) |
33.7
(92.7) |
32.1
(91.8) |
32.5
(90.5) |
31.2
(88.2) |
29.7
(85.5) |
27.2
(81.0) |
24.6
(76.3) |
28.4
(83.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.8
(70.8) |
19.7
(71.5) |
22.3
(72.1) |
25.2
(77.4) |
27.2
(81.0) |
28.4
(83.1) |
28.9
(84.0) |
28.3
(82.9) |
27.9
(82.2) |
26.4
(79.5) |
23.4
(74.1) |
20.2
(68.4) |
24.7
(76.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 17.8
(64.2) |
16.1
(66.0) |
18.7
(69.7) |
22.0
(71.6) |
24.4
(75.9) |
25.7
(78.3) |
26.1
(79.0) |
25.7
(78.3) |
25.1
(77.2) |
23.5
(74.3) |
20.2
(68.4) |
18.8
(65.9) |
16.6
(61.9) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 146.98
(5.787) |
175.99
(6.929) |
39.2
(8.543) |
72.8
(9.866) |
278.89
(10.98) |
397.9
(15.665) |
370.6
(14.591) |
426.2
(16.78) |
186.6
(11.346) |
45.7
(9.799) |
13.4
(7.528) |
11.5
(4.453) |
1,784.8
(70.268) |
| % humidity | 75.0 | 75.1 | 75.0 | 76.6 | 78.6 | 81.4 | 80.3 | 82.3 | 80.0 | 77.8 | 75.3 | 74.5 | 77.7 |
| Avg. rainy days (≥0.1 mm) | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 9.4 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 16.9 | 10.3 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 91.9 |
| Sunshine hours | 163.9 | 151.1 | 177.6 | 184.8 | 189.7 | 190.0 | 207.2 | 181.8 | 172.8 | 166.1 | 148.0 | 148.6 | 2,081.6 |
| Source: Central Weather Bureau [4] | |||||||||||||
Administrative Divisions
Cityscape
Economy
Demographics
Transport
Sea
Metro
The Haubei Metro is a public system that travels all over the municipality.
Rail
Air
Haubei Kantari International Airport is the only airport that serves Haubei. It is a 20 minute drive from the city core. and it is the hub for Air Ryukyu, Haubei Airways, and Tiger Airways. It had 79.9 million passengers in 2010.
