Sagamihara

Sagamihara
Sagamihara; 相模原
	Designatit ceety
	相模原市 · Sagamihara
	Frae top left:Tanzawa mountains, USARJ Sagami General Depot, Lake Sagami, Hashimoto Destrict, Odakyu Sagami-Ōno Station, JAXA Sagamihara Campus, Sakura Festival
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	Location o Sagamihara in Kanagawa Prefectur
	Sagamihara
	Coordinates: 35°34′N 139°22′E / 35.567°N 139.367°ECoordinates: 35°34′N 139°22′E / 35.567°N 139.367°E
Kintra	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefectur	Kanagawa Prefectur
Govrenment
• Mayor	Toshio Kayama
Area
• Total	328.84 km2 (126.97 sq mi)
Population (1 Juin 2012)
• Total	719,677
• Density	2190/km2 (5,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time)
- Tree	Zelkova serrata
- Flouer	Hydrangea
- Bird	Skylark
Phone nummer	042-754-1111
Address	2-11-15 Chūō, Chūō-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa-ken; 252-5277
Website	Ceety o Sagamihara

Sagamihara (相模原市, Sagamihara-shi) is a ceety locatit in north central Kanagawa Prefectur, borderin Tokyo, Japan. It is the third maist populous ceety in the prefectur, efter Yokohama an Kawasaki, and the fift maist populous suburb o the Greater Tokyo Aurie. Its northren neebour is Machida, wi which a cross-prefectural merger has been proposed.^[1]

On 1 Aprile 2010, the ceety became the naition's 19t ceety designatit bi govrenment ordinance. As a result o this, the ceety established three wairds: Midori-ku, Chūō-ku an Minami-ku.

Geography[eedit | eedit soorce]

Sagamihara covers a lairge aurie o northwestern Kanagawa Prefectur. The main auries o commercial activity in Sagamihara are locatit near Hashimoto Station on the JR East Yokohama Line and Keio Sagamihara Line; Sagamihara Station on the Yokohama Line; an Sagami-Ōno Station on the Odakyū Odawara Line. Western Sagamihara is athin the Tanzawa Muntains.