Okaya, Nagano

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Location of Okaya in Nagano prefecture
Location of Okaya in Nagano prefecture
Tenryū River flowing out of Lake Suwa, its source.
Tenryū River flowing out of Lake Suwa, its source.

Okaya (岡谷市 Okaya-shi?) is a city located in Nagano, Japan. It was founded on 1 April 1936.

As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 55,613 and a population density of 653.19 persons per km². The total area is 85.14 km².

The city is twinned with Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA, and in 2005 donated forty trees to it, honoring forty years of association between the two cities.[1]

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  1. ^ Celebrating 40 Years as Sister Cities. Okaya International Exchange Association. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.

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Cities
Azumino | Chikuma | Chino | Iida | Iiyama | Ina | Komagane | Komoro | Matsumoto | Nagano | Nakano | Okaya | Omachi | Saku | Shiojiri | Suwa | Suzaka | Tomi | Ueda
Districts
Chiisagata | Hanishina | Higashichikuma | Kamiina | Kamiminochi | Kamitakai | Kiso | Kitaazumi | Kitasaku | Minamisaku | Shimoina | Shimominochi | Shimotakai | Suwa
  See also: Towns and villages by district edit

Coordinates: 36°4′N, 138°3′E

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