Kamisunagawa, Hokkaido

Kamisunagawa
上砂川町
Town
Kamisunagawa Town Hall

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Location of Kamisunagawa in Hokkaido (Sorachi Subprefecture)
Kamisunagawa
Location in Japan
Coordinates: 43°29′N 141°59′E / 43.483°N 141.983°E / 43.483; 141.983Coordinates: 43°29′N 141°59′E / 43.483°N 141.983°E / 43.483; 141.983
Country Japan
Region Hokkaido
Prefecture Hokkaido (Sorachi Subprefecture)
District Sorachi
Area
 • Total 39.91 km2 (15.41 sq mi)
Population (September 30, 2016)
 • Total 3,278
 • Density 82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+9 (JST)
Website town.kamisunagawa.hokkaido.jp

Kamisunagawa (上砂川町, Kamisunagawa-chō) is a town located in Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 3,278. The total area is 39.91 km². There is a microgravity test facility located in Kamisunagawa used for astronomic purposes.

Since 1980, Kamisunagawa has been the sister city of Sparwood in British Columbia, Canada.[1]

History

  • 1949 – Kamisunagawa Town split off from the towns of Sunagawa and Utashinai (partial).
  • 2009 – Kamisunagawa Town, more specifically its microgravity test facility, becomes the namesake of a crater on 25143 Itokawa, an asteroid visited by Japanese unmanned spacecraft Hayabusa.

Notable people from Kamisunagawa

Junichi Watanabe, writer
Ryoko Yamagishi, manga artist
Ikuro Takahashi, drummer

References

  1. ↑ https://sparwood.ca. "Sister City | District of Sparwood". District of Sparwood. Retrieved 2018-08-31.


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