Higashimurayama, Tokyo

Higashimurayama, Tokyo

Japanese city
Name=Higashimurayama
JapaneseName=東村山市
Prefecture=Tokyo
Region=Kantō
Area_km2=17.17
Population=146,249
PopDate=Oct 1, 2007
Density_km2= 8.520
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LatitudeDegrees= 35
LatitudeMinutes= 45
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LongtitudeDegrees= 139
LongtitudeMinutes= 28
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Area code=
Mayor = Watana Betakashi
Tree = Zelkova serrata
Flower = Azalea
Bird = White Wagtail
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Higashimurayama (東村山市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan.

As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 143,737 and the density of 8,371.40 persons per km². The total area is 17.17 km².

On April 1, 1889, with the establishment of the modern municipality system, several villages merged to form Higashimurayama Village (Higashimurayama-mura). On April 1, 1942, it became Higashimurayama Town (Higashimurayama-machi), and on April 1, 1964, it became a city. Hachikokuyama park is in Higashimurayama.

Transportation

Rail

East Japan Railway Company
*Train Lines:
**Musashino Line
*Train Stations
**Shin-Akitsu Station

Seibu Railway Company
*Train Lines:
**Seibu Haijima Line, Seibu Ikebukuro Line, Seibu Kokubunji Line, Seibu Seibu-en Line, Seibu Shinjuku Line, Seibu Tamako Line, Seibu Yamaguchi Line
*Train Stations
**Akitsu Station, Hagiyama Station, Higashimurayama Station, Kumegawa Station, Musashi Yamato Station, Seibu-en Station, Seibu Yuenchi Station, Yasaka Station

Education

Higashimurayama operates public elementary and junior high schools.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates public high schools.
* Higashimurayama High School [http://www.higashimurayama-h.metro.tokyo.jp/]
* Higashimurayama West High School [http://www.higashimurayamanishi-h.metro.tokyo.jp/]

ister cities

flagicon|Japan In Japan

* Kashiwazaki, Niigata, since 1996.

Outside Japan

* Independence, Missouri, United States, since 1978.
* Suzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China, since 2005.

Facts about Higashimurayama

* Higashimurayama is home to the only building in Tokyo prefecture which is found on the national treasure list of Japan; the Jizo hall in the Shōfuku-ji temple which is believed to house 1000 Jizo Buddhist deities.
* Higashimurayama is home to the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Waterworks Higashimurayama Purification Plant.

ee also

References

*cite web | title="東村山市ホームページへようこそ!" | work=Higashimurayama City Official Site | url=http://www.city.higashimurayama.tokyo.jp/~kakukaweb/018100/city_guide/english/sister_cities.html | date=2007-06 | accessdate=2007-10-31
*cite web | title="Tokyo Metropolitan Government<Welcome to TOKYO Waterworks>" | work=Tokyo Metropolitan Government<Welcome to TOKYO Waterworks> | url=http://www.waterworks.metro.tokyo.jp/eng/supply/03.pdf | date=2005-01 | accessdate=2007-10-31|format=PDF

External links

* [http://www.city.higashimurayama.tokyo.jp/ Higashimurayama official website] in Japanese


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