Tenryū-ku
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is one of the three wards of the city of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is bordered by Kita-ku and Hamakita-ku in Hamamatsu, the cities of Shimada and Iwata and towns of Mori and Kawanehon in Shizuoka, Shishiro, Tōei and Toyone in Aichi Prefecture and Iida and Tenryū in Nagano Prefecture.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tenryū
- Settlement.official_name
- Tenryū Ward
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- ja
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Ward
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- 200px
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- Tenryu-ku in Hamamatsu City.svg
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- Location of Tenryū-ku in Shizuoka
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- Japan
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- Location of Tenryū-ku in Japan
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Japan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Chūbu
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Prefecture
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Shizuoka
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- City
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Hamamatsu
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 943.84
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is one of the three wards of the city of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is bordered by Kita-ku and Hamakita-ku in Hamamatsu, the cities of Shimada and Iwata and towns of Mori and Kawanehon in Shizuoka, Shishiro, Tōei and Toyone in Aichi Prefecture and Iida and Tenryū in Nagano Prefecture.
Tenryū Ward was established on April 1, 2007. It consists of five former cities, towns and villages, including the former city of Tenryū, and towns of Sakuma, Haruno and Misakubo that had previously merged into Hamamatsu on July 1, 2005. thumb|180px|left|Tenryū Ward Office, Hamamatsu Tenryū Ward is the largest of Hamamatsu’s seven wards in terms of area. Its population density of 28.9 people per km² is very low. The ward had a population of 34,936 and an area of 944.00 km² in 2009. It's heavily forested, contributing to forestry, which is one of the principal industries of Hamamatsu. There are also many dams on the upper reaches of the Tenryū River, providing hydroelectric power to the Chubu Electric Power Company grid.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tenryū-ku” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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