Hanamigawa-ku

Hanamigawa

花見川区
Hanamigawa 花見川区
Ward
	Hanamigawa Ward
	Location of Hanamigawa Ward in Chiba
	Hanamigawa
	Coordinates: 35°39′46″N 140°04′09″E / 35.66278°N 140.06917°E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Chiba
City	Chiba
Area
• Total	34.24 km2 (13.22 sq mi)
Population (April 2012)
• Total	179,770
• Density	5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Address	1-1 Mizuho, Hanamigawa-ku Chiba-shi, Chiba-ken; 262-8733
Website	Official website of Hanamigawa-ku

Hanamigawa Ward (花見川区, Hanamigawa-ku) is one of the six wards of the city of Chiba in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of April 2012, the ward has an estimated population of 179,770 and a population density of 5,250 persons per km². The total area is 34.24 km².^[1]

Geography

Hanamigawa Ward is located inland in the northernmost part of the city of Chiba. The ward takes its name from the Hanami River, which flows through the ward.

Places

Transportation

Railroads

JR East – Sōbu Line
- Makuharihongō - Makuhari - Shin-Kemigawa
Keisei Electric Railway – Chiba Line
- Keisei Makuharihongō - Keisei Makuhari - Kemigawa

Education

The Chiba Korean Primary and Junior High School, a North Korea-aligned Korean international school, is located in Hamamigawa-ku.^[2]

Noted people from Hanamigawa Ward

Masaki Aiba – singer, actor
Hitori Gekidan - comedian, actor
Matsuko Deluxe - TV personality
Yasuyuki Kataoka - professional baseball player
Akira Narahashi – professional soccer player
Akinori Otsuka - professional baseball player
Fuminori Yokogawa - professional baseball player
Kotofuji Takaya - sumo wrestler

References

^ "Archived copy" 千葉市の推計人口. Chiba official website (in Japanese). Chiba city. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Home page Archived 2015-08-22 at the Wayback Machine. Chiba Korean Primary and Junior High School. Retrieved on April 12, 2015. "千葉県千葉市花見川区浪花町965"

[population-1] "Archived copy" 千葉市の推計人口. Chiba official website (in Japanese). Chiba city. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Home page Archived 2015-08-22 at the Wayback Machine. Chiba Korean Primary and Junior High School. Retrieved on April 12, 2015. "千葉県千葉市花見川区浪花町965"

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