Maebashi

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Maebashi

Total population

324,644

Coordinates36.39°, 139.06°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Maebashi is the capital city of Gunma Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. As of 31 August 2020, the city had an estimated population of 335,352 in 151,171 households, and a population density of 1100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 311.59 km2 (120.31 sq mi). It was the most populous city within Gunma Prefecture until Takasaki merged with nearby towns between 2006 and 2009. Maebashi is known to be the "City of Water, Greenery and Poets" because of its pure waters, its rich nature and because it gave birth to several Japanese contemporary poets, such as Sakutarō Hagiwara.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Gunma

• Yoshioka
  5 mi away · pop. 21,080
• Takasaki
  5.7 mi away · pop. 370,176
• Shinto
  6.3 mi away · pop. 14,315
• Tamamura
  6.5 mi away · pop. 36,654
• 本郷町
  6.6 mi away
• Shibukawa
  7.8 mi away · pop. 76,552
• Fujioka
  9.1 mi away · pop. 64,679
• Isesaki
  9.2 mi away · pop. 211,850
• Annaka
  10.6 mi away · pop. 57,097
• Midori
  12.1 mi away · pop. 50,680
• Kanra
  12.8 mi away · pop. 13,200
• Tomioka
  13.2 mi away · pop. 48,799

Browse all places in Gunma →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Maebashi

Search results from Open Library.

Gallery

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