Midori-ku, Sagamihara

is one of three

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Sagamihara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 723,470, with 334,812 households, and a population density of 1,220 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Sagamihara is the third-most-populous city ...

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. It's located in the western part of the city and covers about 77% of city's area. To the east Midori-ku faces Chūō-ku and to the north faces Machida and

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. Midori-ku was created on April 1, 2010 when Sagamihara became a

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(a "designated city"). As of March 2010, Midori-ku had a population of 174,784, with a land area of 253.8 square kilometers. Wards of Sagamihara {{Kanagawa-geo-stub