- 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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Mayor = Watana Betakashi
Tree =Zelkova serrata
Flower =Azalea
Bird =White Wagtail
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Elevation=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
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Kashiwazaki, Niigata , since 1996.Outside Japan
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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=PDFExternal links
* [http://www.city.higashimurayama.tokyo.jp/ Higashimurayama official website] in Japanese
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