As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 57,382 and the density of 361.32 persons per kmē. The total area is 158.81 kmē.
The city was founded on April 1, 2002 and is the merger of five towns from the western part of the former Okawa District: Shido, Tsuda, Nagao, Sangawa, and Okawa[1] (http://www.ksb.co.jp/new_ksb/weekly/02-04-08.html).
External links
Official website (http://www.city.sanuki.kagawa.jp/) in Japanese
Kagawa is bordered by the Inland Sea and by Ehime and Tokushima Prefectures.
Kagawa comprises the northeast corner of Shikoku, bordering Ehime Prefecture on the west and Tokushima Prefecture on the south, with a coastline on the Seto Inland Sea facing Okayama Prefecture and the Kansai.
Kagawa is a relatively narrow prefecture between the mountains of Shikoku and the sea.