
is one of three
ward
Ward may refer to:
Division or unit
* Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward
* Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...
s of
Sagamihara,
Kanagawa
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-dens ...
,
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
, located in the central part of the city. The north west of Chūō-ku faces
Midori-ku; the south east faces
Minami-ku; the north faces
Machida.
Chūō-ku was created on April 1, 2010 when Sagamihara became a
city designated by government ordinance
A , also known as a or , is a Cities of Japan, Japanese city that has a population greater than 500,000 and has been designated as such by order of the Cabinet of Japan under Article 252, Section 19, of the Local Autonomy Law.
Designated cit ...
(a "designated city").
As of March 2010, Chūō-ku had a population of 265,057, with a land area of 36.8 square kilometers.
Education
Municipal junior high schools:
* Chuo (
中央中学校)
* Kamimizo (
上溝中学校)
* Kamimizo Minami (
上溝南中学校)
* Kyowa (
共和中学校)
* Midorigaoka (
緑が丘中学校)
* Ono Kita (
大野北中学校)
* Oyama (
小山中学校)
* Seishin (
清新中学校)
* Tana (
田名中学校)
* Yaei (
弥栄中学校)
* Yoshinodai (
由野台中学校)
Municipal elementary schools:
* Aoba (
青葉小学校)
* Chuo (
中央小学校)
* Fuchinobe (
淵野辺小学校)
* Fuchinobe Higashi (
淵野辺東小学校)
* Fujimi (
富士見小学校)
* Hikarigaoka (
光が丘小学校)
* Hoshigaoka (
星が丘小学校)
* Kamimizo (
上溝小学校)
* Kamimizo Minami (
上溝南小学校)
* Koyo (
向陽小学校)
* Kyowa (
共和小学校)
* Namiki (
並木小学校)
* Ono Kita (
大野北小学校)
* Oyama (
小山小学校)
* Seishin (
清新小学校)
* Shinjuku (
新宿小学校)
* Tana (
田名小学校)
* Tana Kita (
田名北小学校)
* Yaei (
弥栄小学校)
* Yokodai (
陽光台小学校)
* Yokoyama (
横山小学校)
References
Wards of Sagamihara
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