Nagano

Also known as Nagano City

city in Nagano Prefecture, Japan

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Nagano is a city located in Nagano Prefecture in central Japan. It is known internationally as the host city of the 1998 Winter Olympics.

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Instance of: town of Japan
Official name: 長野市
Country: Japan
Located in: Kamiminochi district
Continent: Asia
Population: 381511
Area: 834.85
Time zone: UTC+09:00
Body of water: Okususobana Dam
Capital of: Nagano Prefecture
Shares border with: Myōkō
Official website: www.city.nagano.nagano.jp
Image: Downtown Nagano.jpg
Dialing code: 26
Significant event: 1998 Winter Olympics

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twinned administrative body: Shizuoka
Commons category: Nagano, Nagano
topic's main category: Category:Nagano (city)
Commons gallery: 長野市
category for people born here: Category:Births in Nagano
category of associated people: Category:People from Nagano (city)
native label: 長野市
inception: 1897-04-01
owner of: Minami Nagano Sports Park Stadium
name in kana: ながのし
social media followers: 16493
official symbol: Tilia japonica
external data available at URL: www.city.nagano.nagano.jp/site/opendata
postal code: 380-8512
different from: Nagano
associated electoral district: Nagano 2nd district

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Encyclopedic overview

Nagano (長野市, Nagano-shi; Japanese pronunciation: [naꜜɡano, naɡanoꜜɕi]) is the capital and largest city of Nagano Prefecture, located in the Nagano Basin (Zenkoji Daira) in the central Chūbu region of Japan. Nagano is categorized as a core city of Japan. Nagano City is the highest prefectural capital in Japan, with an altitude of 371.4 meters (1,219 ft).

The city is surrounded by mountains, the highest of which is Mount Takatsuma (2,353 m), and it is near the confluence of the Chikuma River—the longest and widest river in Japan—and the Sai River. As of 1 July 2023, the city had an estimated population of 365,296 in 160,625 households, and a population density of 438 persons per km². The total area of the city is 834.81 square kilometres (322.32 sq mi).

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