Matsumoto, Nagano
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Matsumoto 松本 | |
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| 松本市 · Matsumoto | |
 Matsumoto Castle | |
 Banner | |
 Location o Matsumoto in Nagano Prefectur | |
  Matsumoto | |
| Coordinates: 36°14′N 137°58′E / 36.233°N 137.967°ECoordinates: 36°14′N 137°58′E / 36.233°N 137.967°E | |
| Kintra | Japan |
| Region | Chūbu (Kōshin'etsu) |
| Prefectur | Nagano Prefectur |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Akira Sugenoya |
| Area | |
| • Total | 978.77 km2 (377.91 sq mi) |
| Population (Julie 1, 2012) | |
| • Total | 243,571 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (640/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time) |
| - Tree | Japanese Reid Pine |
| - Flouer | Japanese azalea |
| Phone nummer | 0263-34-3000 |
| Address | 3-7 Marunouchi, Matsumoto-shi, Nagano-ken 390-8620 |
| Website | Ceety o Matsumoto |
Matsumoto (松本市 Matsumoto-shi) is a Japanese ceety in the Chūbu region on the island o Honshu.[1] It is a ceety locatit in Nagano Prefectur.[2] Matsumoto is designatit as a Special Ceety.[3]
As o Julie 1, 2012, the ceety haes an estimatit population o 243,571 an a population density o 250 persons per km². The tot aurie is 978.77 km².
Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Within Japan[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Fujisawa (Kanagawa Prefectur)
- Signed on Julie 29, 1961
- Himeji (Hyōgo Prefectur)
- Signed on November 17, 1966
- Takayama, Gifu (Gifu Prefectur)
- Signed on November 1, 1971
Overseas[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Signed in 1958
- Signed on November 17, 1989
Langfang (Hebei province, Cheenae) 河北省廊坊市
- Signed on Mairch 21, 1995 as a friendship ceety
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Maatsumoto" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 618; "Chūbu" at p. 126.
- ↑ Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), "Matsumoto/Shiojiri Area"; retrieved 2012-2-11.
- ↑ Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research, (2011); Table 3; retrieved 20132-2-11.