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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.

Education

Municipal junior high schools: * Aihara ( 相原中学校) * Asahi ( 旭中学校) * Fujino ( 藤野中学校) * Hokuso ( 北相中学校) * Kushikawa ( 串川中学校) * Nakazawa ( 中沢中学校) * Nakano ( 中野中学校) * Osawa ( 大沢中学校) * Sagamigaoka ( 相模丘中学校) * Toya ( 鳥屋中学校) * Uchide ( 内出中学校) * Uchigo ( 内郷中学校) Municipal elementary schools: * Aihara ( 相原小学校) * Asahi ( 旭小学校) * Chigira ( 千木良小学校) * Fujino ( 藤野小学校) * Fujino Kita ( 藤野北小学校) * Fujino Minami ( 藤野南小学校) * Hashimoto ( 橋本小学校) * Hirota ( 広田小学校) * Kawashiri ( 川尻小学校) * Keihoku ( 桂北小学校) * Koryo ( 広陵小学校) * Kushikawa ( 串川小学校) * Kuzawa ( 九沢小学校) * Miyakami ( 宮上小学校) * Nakano ( 中野小学校) * Negoya ( 根小屋小学校) * Nihonmatsu ( 二本松小学校) * Osawa ( 大沢小学校) * Otori ( 大島小学校) * Sakunoguchi ( 作の口小学校) * Shonan ( 湘南小学校) * Taimada ( 当麻田小学校) * Toya ( 鳥屋小学校) * Tsukui Chuo ( 津久井中央小学校) * Uchigo ( 内郷小学校)

References

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