Azumino, Nagano

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Data of Azumino (安曇野市)
Country	Japan
Region	Chubu、Koshinetsu
Prefecture	Nagano Prefecture
Region within Nagano Prefecture	Chushin
Community Number	20220-7
Population/Density/Housing
Total population	99,080 (as of April 1, 2006)
Total population by the Census	96,213 (2005 Census)
Housing Units	35,374
Population Density	332.10/km²
Total area-Surrouding municipalities-symbols-mayor
Total Area	331.82km²
Surrounding municipalities	Matsumoto, Omachi, Ikeda Matsukawa, Chikuho, Ikusaka
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Mayor	Isao Hirabayashi (平林伊三朗)
Azumino City Hall
Address	〒399-8205	Nagano-ken
Azumino-shi, Toyoshina 4932-26
Phone	0263-71-2000
External Link	The city of Azumino Homepage
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Azumino (安曇野市; -shi) is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on October 1, 2005, when the town of Akashina from Higashichikuma District, and the towns and villages of Horigane, Hotaka, Misato and Toyoshina from Minamiazumi District merged to form a new city. The city's population is near 100,000 people and it is the 6th most populous in Nagano Prefecture.

1 Municipal Timeline
2 Sister Cities
- 2.1 Within Japan
3 External links

[edit] Municipal Timeline

On October 1, 2005, the town of Akashina from Higashichikuma District, and the towns and villages of Horigane, Hotaka, Misato and Toyoshina from Minamiazumi District merged to form a new city.

Azumino, named after the plain in which it is located, lies between two mountain ranges to the west and east. The range of mountains on the western boarded are known as the Japan Alps and are popular among hikers all over Japan. To the south is the city of Matsumoto, Nagano prefecture's second largest city. To the North lies the city of Omachi, as well as the village of Hakuba. Hakuba was the site of many of the ski events during the 1998 winter Olympics. This created a lot of traffic through the Azumino area, spurring a great deal of construction during that period.