Sagamihara

Sagamihara 相模原市
Designated city
Sagamihara City
From top left: Tanzawa mountains, USARJ Sagami General Depot, Lake Sagami, Hashimoto District, Odakyu Sagami-Ōno Station, JAXA Sagamihara Campus, Sakura Festival
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Location of Sagamihara in Kanagawa Prefecture
Sagamihara
Coordinates: 35°34′N 139°22′E / 35.567°N 139.367°E / 35.567; 139.367
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Kanagawa
First official recorded	110 AD
City settled	November 20, 1954
Government
• Mayor	Kentarō Motomura (since April 2019)
Area
• Total	328.91 km2 (126.99 sq mi)
Population  (May 1, 2021)
• Total	723,470
• Density	2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
– Tree	Zelkova serrata
– Flower	Hydrangea
– Bird	Skylark
Phone number	042-754-1111
Address	2-11-15 Chūō, Chūō-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa-ken 252-5277
Website	Official website

Sagamihara (相模原市, Sagamihara-shi) is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 May 2021^[update], the city has an estimated population of 723,470, with 334,812 households,^[1] and a population density of 1,220 persons per km². The total area of the city is 328.91 square kilometres (126.99 sq mi).^[2] Sagamihara is the third-most-populous city in the prefecture, after Yokohama and Kawasaki, and the fifth most populous suburb of the Greater Tokyo Area. Its northern neighbor is Machida, with which a cross-prefectural merger has been proposed.^[3]

On April 1, 2010, the city became the 19th city designated by government ordinance. As a result of this, three wards were established: Midori-ku, Chūō-ku and Minami-ku.