Sagamihara
city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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Summary
Sagamihara is a city designated by government ordinance[1]. Sagamihara draws 5,242 Wikipedia views per month (city designated by government ordinance category, ranking #19 of 20).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kanagawa Prefecture[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Atsu River[5], Uba River[6], Lake Sagami[7]
- Head of government: Kentarō Motomura[8]
- Instance of: big city[9], city of Japan[10], satellite city[11]
- Shares border with: Yamato[12], Zama[13], Atsugi[14], Aikawa[15], Kiyokawa[16], Yamakita[17], Machida[18], Hachiōji-shi[19], Hinohara[20], Uenohara[21], Dōshi-mura[22]
- Anthem: Sagamihara Shimin no Uta[23]
- Named after: Sagami Province[24]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Midori-ku[25], Chūō-ku[26], Minami-ku[27]
- Twinned administrative body: Toronto[28], Trail[29], Wuxi[30], Scarborough[31]
- Legislative body: Sagamihara City Council[32]
- Commons category: Sagamihara, Kanagawa[33]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[34]
- Inception: April 29, 1941[35]
- Located in/on physical feature: Tama Hills[36], Sagamino plateau[37]
- Official website: https://www.city.sagamihara.kanagawa.jp/[38], https://www.city.sagamihara.kanagawa.jp/1009780/[39]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sagamihara[40]
- Commons gallery: 相模原市[41]
- Population: 725,696[42], 722,973[43], 720,986[44], 721,099[45], 721,053[46], 721,477[47], 720,780[48], 717,544[49], 309,000[50], 582,000[51], 483,000[52]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Sagamihara[53]
- Replaces: Zama[54], Araiso[55], Asamizo[56], Tana[57], Kamimizo[58], Ōsawa[59], Aihara[60], Ōno[61], Tsukui[62], Sagamiko[63]
Why It Matters
Sagamihara has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] Sagamihara is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]