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Inuyama
Sign in to savecity in Aichi prefecture, Japan
Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Chūbu ( Tōkai )
- Prefecture
- Aichi
- First official recorded
- 3 BC
- City settled
- April 1, 1954
- Mayor
- Takuro Yamada (from 2014)
- Total
- 74.90 km (28.92 sq mi)
- Density
- 980.2/km (2,539/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+9 ( Japan Standard Time )
- Tree
- Chinese hawthorn
- Flower
- Sakura
- Phone number
- 0568-61-1800
- Address
- 36 Higashihata, Inuyama, Inuyama-shi, Aichi-ken 484-0081
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- tourist destination
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Aichi Prefecture
- Population
- 75198
- Area
- 74900000
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Capital of
- Inuyama Domain
- Shares border with
- Fusō-chō
- Official website
- www.city.inuyama.aichi.jp
- Image
- 犬山市キャラクター「わん丸君」.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Xiangyang
- Commons category
- Inuyama
- topic's main category
- Category:Inuyama, Aichi
- Commons gallery
- 犬山市
- native label
- 犬山市
- name in kana
- いぬやまし
- inception
- 1954-04-01
- hashtag
- 犬山市
- associated electoral district
- Aichi 16th district
- number of viewers/listeners
- 257683
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Encyclopedic overview
Inuyama (犬山市, Inuyama-shi) is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2019, the city had an estimated population of 73,420 in 31,276 households, and a population density of 980 persons per km. The total area of the city is 74.90 square kilometres (28.92 sq mi). The name of the city literally translates to "Dog Mountain". The name appears in historical records from 1336, but its origin is unknown.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Inuyama” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.