Shibukawa

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Shibukawa

Total population

76,552

Air quality index

41Good

Coordinates36.49°, 139.00°

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

Overview

Shibukawa is a city in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 August 2020, the city had an estimated population of 76,098 in 32,439 households, and a population density of 320 inhabitants per square kilometre (830/sq mi). The total area of the city is 240.27 square kilometres (92.77 sq mi). Shibukawa is the location of Ikaho Onsen, a popular hot spring resort.

Geography

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

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Notable people from here

Tsugaru Nobuyoshi

Japanese Daimyo (1619-1655)

Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu

daimyo (1658-1714)

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Chocoball Mukai

Japanese professional wrestler and pornographic actor

Kamiizumi Nobutsuna

samurai in Japan's Sengoku period

Jiro Sato

Japanese tennis player (1908–1934)

Yuzo Tamura

Japanese association football player and manager

Shima Ryū

Japanese photographer (1823–1900)

Ichikawa Kansai

Satoshi Yamazaki

Japanese baseball player (born 1981)

Takahiro Fujioka

Japanese baseball player

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Rock Iwasaki

Japanese Pilot (1951-2005)

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Kunio Kamioka

Japanese teacher

Ryōken

Fusejima Chikazō

Japanese businessman

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Hajimu Irisawa

politician

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Kunio Kitamura

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Gunma

• Yoshioka
  3 mi away · pop. 21,080
• Shinto
  4 mi away · pop. 14,315
• Maebashi
  7.8 mi away · pop. 324,644
• Takayama
  9.5 mi away · pop. 3,674
• 本郷町
  9.5 mi away
• Numata
  10.9 mi away · pop. 47,787
• Showa
  11 mi away · pop. 7,347
• Nakanojō
  11.1 mi away · pop. 16,850
• Higashiagatsuma
  11.4 mi away · pop. 14,033
• Takasaki
  11.6 mi away · pop. 370,176
• Annaka
  12.9 mi away · pop. 57,097
• Minakami
  13 mi away · pop. 19,347

Browse all places in Gunma →

Gallery

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