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Sagamihara City Hall

Sagamihara (Japanese: 相模原市 -shi) is a bedroom city located in north central Kanagawa, bordering Tokyo. Japan in Greater Tokyo. It is the third most populous city in the prefecture, after Yokohama and Kawasaki, and the fifth most populous suburb of Tokyo. Its northern neighbor is Machida, of which a cross-prefectural merger has been proposed^{[citation needed]}. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 704 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Sagamihara, Kanagawa Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 704 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Sagamihara, Kanagawa Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... A city ) is a local administrative unit in Japan. ... Kanagawa Prefecture ) is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of HonshÅ«, Japan. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Greater Tokyo Area (東京都市圏 Tōkyō-toshiken), also the Tokyo-Yokohama area, is a large metropolitan area in Japan consisting of the prefectures of Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama. ... For the town of Yokohama in Aomori Prefecture, see Yokohama, Aomori. ... Kawasaki can refer to: Kawasaki, Kanagawa - a Japanese city located between Tokyo and Yokohama Kawasaki Heavy Industries - a Japanese company producing transport-related equipment including motorcycles Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha - is a Japanese transport company whose main area of operations is international shipping Kawasaki, Fukuoka - a Japanese town in Fukuoka Prefecture... Machida (町田市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. ...

As of 2007, the city has an estimated population of 704,800. The total area is 328.84 km². 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

The city gained a city status on November 20, 1954. November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The main areas of commercial activity in Sagamihara are located around Hashimoto Station on the JR Yokohama Line and Keio Sagamihara Line, Sagamihara Station on the JR Yokohama Line, and Sagami-Ōno Station on the Odakyu Odawara Line. Yamanote Line, Tokyo JR Yamanote Line train in Tokyo, Japan Above Yurakucho in Tokyo East Japan Railway Company (東日本旅客鉄道 Higashi-Nihon Ryokyaku Tetsudo or JR東日本; JR Higashi-Nihon) (TYO: 9020) is a Japanese private railroad company, the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven JR companies. ... The Yokohama Line ) is a railway line of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). ... Series-1000 rolling stock on the Keio Inokashira Line. ... Keio Sagamihara Line ) is a commuter line operated by Keio Electric Railway, connecting Hashimoto Station in Sagamihara and Chōfu Station in Chōfu, Tokyo. ... Near Higashi-Kitazawa Station The Odakyu Electric Railway Co. ... The OdakyÅ« Odawara Line ) is the OdakyÅ« Electric Railways main section of railway line in Japan. ...

Mergers

On March 20, 2006, the existing city of Sagamihara merged with Tsukui and Sagamiko. The result consisted of two geographically separate pieces as two other localities, Fujino and Shiroyama, elected to remain separate from the new city. March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Tsukui (津久井町; -machi) is a town located in Tsukui District, Kanagawa, Japan. ... Sagamiko (相模湖町; -machi) is a town located in Tsukui District, Kanagawa, Japan. ... Fujino (藤野町; -machi) is a town located in Tsukui District, Kanagawa, Japan. ... Shiroyama (城山町; -machi) is a town located in Tsukui District, Kanagawa, Japan. ...

A further merger on March 11, 2007 joined Fujino and Shiryama with Sagamihara. The new city is no longer separated. The new population is estimated to be around 704,000.

External links

• Official website in Japanese
• Some Topics of the official website in English

Kanagawa Prefecture
Cities
Atsugi | Ayase | Chigasaki | Ebina | Fujisawa | Hadano | Hiratsuka | Isehara | Kamakura | Kawasaki | Minamiashigara | Miura | Odawara | Sagamihara | Yamato | Yokohama (capital) | Yokosuka | Zama | Zushi
Districts
Aiko | Ashigarakami | Ashigarashimo | Koza | Miura | Naka | Tsukui
See also: Towns and villages by district edit