Ushiku

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The City of Ushiku is located in the southern part of Ibaraki prefecture, about 50km north of Tokyo.

The Sister City relationship with Orange was established on 28 July 1990. Ushiku's border extends 15km from east to west and 10km from north to south. The whole area of the city is 58.89 square kilometres. With its historical aspects, Ushiku Town was formed as a result of mergers in 1954 and 1955. Ushiku became a city on June 1st. 1986. It became the 19th city in Ibaraki prefecture. The population as of 1990 was 60,000 and it rose to 70,000 as of August 1997 and by March 2007, the number of people living in Ushiku rose to 77,818. Ushiku City in collaboration with the neighbouring cities helps to ease the huge population concentrated in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Ushiku and Orange have regular exchanges, predominantly involving students from both cities.