Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Hokkaido
- Prefecture
- Hokkaido ( Ishikari Subprefecture )
- Mayor
- Yutaka Harada (since November 2009)
- Total
- 294.65 km (113.77 sq mi)
- Density
- 238.51/km (617.75/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00 ( JST )
- Climate
- Dfb
- City hall address
- 1, Kyōmachi, Eniwa-shi, Hokkaido, 061-1498
- Website
- www .city .eniwa .hokkaido .jp
- Bird
- Kingfisher
- Flower
- Lily of the Valley
- Tree
- Japanese yew
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city of Japan
- Official name
- 恵庭市
- Country
- Japan
- Population
- 69384
- Area
- 294.65
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Shares border with
- Naganuma
- Official website
- www.city.eniwa.hokkaido.jp
- Image
- Eniwa-montage2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Eniwa, Hokkaido
- topic's main category
- Category:Eniwa, Hokkaido
- twinned administrative body
- Guiyang
- inception
- 1906-04-01
- official symbol
- kabocha
- native label
- 恵庭市
- name in kana
- えにわし
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Eniwa, Hokkaido
- associated electoral district
- Hokkaido 5th district
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Encyclopedic overview
Eniwa (恵庭市, Eniwa-shi; Japanese pronunciation: [eɲiwa]) is a city in Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is on the Ishikari plain, 8 km north of Chitose, and 26 km south of the prefectural capital Sapporo. It is reached through route 36 and the Chitose Railway Line. The town is separated into three major areas: Eniwa in the south, Megumino in the center, and Shimamatsu in the north.
Many farms are located around Eniwa, and the town has many manufacturing businesses, including the Sapporo Brewery Hokkaido factory. There are three Japan Ground Self-Defense Force camps in the city.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eniwa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.