Sagamihara相模原市
Sagamihara-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Sagamihara (相模原市, Sagamihara-shi) is a city and a designated city with 3 wards in Kanagawa Prefecture. Population 725,493 (2020 census), area 328.91 km². Borders 11 places.
An ordinance-designated city (政令指定都市 / seirei shitei toshi). Designated status lets a city take over services a prefecture would normally provide, and requires it to be divided into administrative wards. The wards are offices of the city, not governments of their own.
The city is one municipality. Its wards are internal divisions: voters in every ward elect the same mayor.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 相模原市
- Reading
- Sagamihara-shi
- Kind
- City (市), designated city (政令指定都市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kanagawa 神奈川県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 725,493 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.7% from 720,779
- Area
- 328.91 km²
- Density
- 2,206 people per km²
- Households
- 332,770
- Under 15
- 11.4%
- 65 and over
- 26.1%
- Foreign residents
- 18,316 (2.5%)
- Code
- 14150 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.sagamihara.kanagawa.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
The 3 wards of Sagamihara行政区
Sagamihara is a designated city, so it is divided into wards. Each ward has an office for counter services, and none has a mayor or an assembly. Voters in every ward elect the same city mayor.
| Ward | Population | km² |
|---|---|---|
| Midori Ward緑区 | 170,207 | 253.93 |
| Chuo Ward中央区 | 273,875 | 36.87 |
| Minami Ward南区 | 281,411 | 38.11 |
Neighbouring municipalities
11 places share a land border with Sagamihara, counted through its wards. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Sagamihara
- Is Sagamihara a city or a prefecture?
- Sagamihara (相模原市) is a city (市, shi) in Kanagawa Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly. It is a designated city, divided into 3 wards. The wards are offices of the city, not governments.
- Where is Sagamihara?
- Sagamihara is in Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Sagamihara?
- 725,493 at the 2020 census, up 0.7% from 720,779 in 2015. The area is 328.91 km², which is 2,206 people per km². 332,770 households. 26.1% of residents are 65 or older and 11.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Sagamihara?
- 11: Hachiōji City (八王子市) in Tokyo, Machida City (町田市) in Tokyo, Hinohara Village (檜原村) in Tokyo, Atsugi City (厚木市), Yamato City (大和市), Zama City (座間市), Yamakita Town (山北町), Aikawa Town (愛川町), Kiyokawa Village (清川村), Uenohara City (上野原市) in Yamanashi, and Doshi Village (道志村) in Yamanashi. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Sagamihara in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Sagamihara written in Japanese?
- 相模原市, read Sagamihara-shi. The last character, 市 (shi), is the word for city, and the name is often used without it in English.
- How does an address in Sagamihara begin?
- 神奈川県相模原市… (Kanagawa-ken, Sagamihara-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. Then the name of one of the 3 wards. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.
Boundaries and neighbours: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population, households, and age groups: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査). Area: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (全国都道府県市区町村別面積調, 2020). Website and Wikipedia links: Wikidata.