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52-538: As of June 1, 2022, Suginami has an estimated population of 588,354 and a population density of 17,274 persons per km. The total area is 34.06 km. Suginami occupies the western part of the ward area of Tokyo. Its neighbors include these special wards: to the east, Shibuya and Nakano ; to the north, Nerima ; and to the south, Setagaya . Its western neighbors are the cities of Mitaka and Musashino . The Kanda River passes through Suginami. The Zenpukuji river originates from Zenpukuji Park in western Suginami, and

104-441: A humid continental climate ( Köppen : Dfa ), with a wide range of temperature between the summer and winter. Summers are generally warm and humid, but not oppressively hot, and winters are cold and very snowy, with an average snowfall of 4.79 m (15 ft 9 in) per year. Sapporo is one of few metropolises in the world with such heavy snowfall, enabling it to hold events and festivals with snow statues. The heavy snowfall

156-499: A population density of 1,748 persons per km (4,500 persons per mi ). The total area is 1,121.26 km (432.92  sq mi ). Before its establishment, the area occupied by Sapporo (Ishikari Plain,around Ishikari, Hokkaido ) was home to indigenous Ainu settlements. In 1866, at the end of the Edo period , construction began on a canal through the area, encouraging a number of early settlers to establish Sapporo village. In 1868,

208-741: A Ferris wheel) are in Susukino district. The district also has the Tanuki Kōji Shopping Arcade, the oldest shopping mall in the city. The district of Jōzankei in Minami-ku has many resort hotels with steam baths and onsen . The Peace Pagoda , one of many such monuments across the world built by the Buddhist order Nipponzan Myohoji to promote and inspire world peace, has a stupa that was built in 1959, halfway up Mount Moiwa, to commemorate peace after World War II . It contains some of

260-481: A Japanese traditional song, " Sōran Bushi ". Members of the dancing teams wear special costumes and compete on the roads or stages constructed on the festival sites. In 2006, 350 teams were featured with around 45,000 dancers, and over 1,860,000 people visited the festival. The Sapporo Summer Festival. People enjoy drinking at the beer garden in Odori Park and on the streets of Susukino . This festival consists of

312-718: A larger international airport located in the city of Chitose 30 mi (48 km) away, connected by regular rapid trains taking around 40 minutes. The Sapporo-Tokyo route between New Chitose and Haneda is one of the busiest in the world. JR Hokkaido Stations in Sapporo An airport shuttle bus servicing hotels in Sapporo operates every day of the year. SkyExpress was founded in 2005 and also provides transport to and from various ski resorts throughout Hokkaido, including Niseko . Sapporo JR Tower adjacent to Sapporo Station . Sapporo Ramen Yokocho and Norubesa (a building with

364-402: A little less than the land area of Puerto Rico , 8,868 square kilometres (3,424 sq mi). Although the arithmetic density is the most common way of measuring population density, several other methods have been developed to provide alternative measures of population density over a specific area. Sapporo Sapporo ( 札幌市 , Sapporo-shi , [sapːoɾo ɕi] )

416-462: A special advisor to the commission. Construction began around Odori Park , which still remains as a green ribbon of recreational land bisecting the central area of the city. The city closely followed a grid plan with streets at right-angles to form city blocks. The continuing expansion of the Japanese into around Hokkaido continued, and the prosperity of Hokkaido and particularly its capital grew to

468-511: Is 53/km (140/sq mi). This includes all continental and island land area, including Antarctica . However, if Antarctica is excluded, then population density rises to over 58 per square kilometre (150/sq mi). The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has developed a suite of (open and free) data and tools named the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) to improve the science for policy support to

520-635: Is a city in Japan . It is the largest in northern Japan and the largest city in Hokkaido , the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city in Japan with 1,959,750 residents as of July 31, 2023. It is the capital city of Hokkaido Prefecture and Ishikari Subprefecture . Sapporo lies in the southwest of Hokkaido, within the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River , which

572-438: Is a destination for winter sports and events and summer activities due to its comparatively cool climate. The city is also the manufacturing centre of Hokkaido, manufacturing various goods such as food and related products, fabricated metal products, steel, machinery, beverages, and pulp and paper. The Sapporo Breweries , founded in 1876, is a major company and employer in the city. Hokkaido International Airlines (Air Do)

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624-454: Is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans , but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term. Population density is population divided by total land area , sometimes including seas and oceans, as appropriate. Low densities may cause an extinction vortex and further reduce fertility. This is called the Allee effect after

676-546: Is a tributary stream of the Ishikari . It is considered the cultural, economic, and political center of Hokkaido. Sapporo hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics , the first Winter Olympics ever held in Asia, and the second Olympic games held in Japan after the 1964 Summer Olympics . Sapporo recently dropped its bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics . The Sapporo Dome hosted three games during the 2002 FIFA World Cup and two games during

728-507: Is around 8,000,000,000 and the Earth 's total area (including land and water) is 510,000,000 km (200,000,000 sq mi). Therefore, the worldwide human population density is approximately 8,000,000,000 ÷ 510,000,000 = 16/km (41/sq mi). However, if only the Earth's land area of 150,000,000 km (58,000,000 sq mi) is taken into account, then human population density

780-603: Is due to the Siberian High developing over the Eurasian land mass and the Aleutian Low developing over the northern Pacific Ocean, resulting in a flow of cold air southeastward across Tsushima Current and to western Hokkaido. The city's annual average precipitation is around 1,100 mm (43.3 in), and the mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C (47.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Sapporo

832-761: Is headquartered in Chūō-ku . In April 2004, Air Nippon Network was headquartered in Higashi-ku . Other companies headquartered in Sapporo include Crypton Future Media , DB-Soft , Hokkaido Air System , and Royce' . Greater Sapporo, Sapporo Metropolitan Employment Area (2.3 million people), had a total GDP of US$ 84.7 billion in 2010. In 2014, Sapporo's GDP per capita (PPP) was US$ 32,446. See Japanese national university There are 198 municipal elementary schools, and 98 municipal junior high schools in Sapporo. Sapporo Odori High School provides Japanese-language classes to foreign and Japanese returnee students, and

884-696: Is headquartered in Kugayama . American Express used to have its Japanese headquarters south of Ogikubo station, but it moved to Toranomon in central Tokyo in 2020. Microsoft has a branch office in the Daitabashi Asahi Seimei Building in Izumi. Prior to its disestablishment, Data East had its headquarters in Suginami. Population density Population density (in agriculture : standing stock or plant density )

936-912: Is headquartered in Igusa, while Sunrise has its headquarters near the Kami-Igusa Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line . Bones was founded by former members of Sunrise, and staff at each company often help each other on projects. The Satelight studio, founded in Sapporo , relocated to the Asagaya neighborhood in 2006 (an earlier Tokyo office, at a different location in Suginami, had been in existence since 2003). In addition, many smaller studios are based here; as of 2006, over 70 studios (of 400 throughout Japan) were located in Suginami. The communications and electronics giant Iwatsu Electric

988-464: Is home to Hokkaido University , just north of Sapporo Station . The city is served by Okadama Airport and New Chitose Airport in nearby Chitose . Sapporo's name is taken from Ainuic sat poro pet ( サッ・ポロ・ペッ ), which can be translated as "dry, great river", a reference to the Toyohira River. Sapporo is a city located in the southwest part of Ishikari Plain and the alluvial fan of

1040-509: Is implementing a measure to make registry optional. On June 19, 2022, Satoko Kishimoto was elected mayor despite being a long-time resident of Belgium and not having any connections to the ward. She narrowly defeated 3-term incumbent Ryō Tanaka by less than 200 votes. Kishimoto had come to prominence through online political debates during the COVID-19 pandemic . Kishimoto has opposed building new road extensions through Kōenji district and

1092-450: Is located in the heart of the city and hosts a number of annual events and festivals throughout the year. Moerenuma Park is also one of the largest parks in Sapporo, and was constructed under the plan of Isamu Noguchi , a Japanese-American artist and landscape architect. Neighbouring cities are Ishikari , Ebetsu , Kitahiroshima , Eniwa , Chitose , Otaru , Date , and adjoining towns are Tōbetsu , Kimobetsu , Kyōgoku . Sapporo has

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1144-544: Is relatively uncommon in the otherwise mountainous geography of Hokkaido. During 1870–1871, Kuroda Kiyotaka , vice-chairman of the Hokkaido Development Commission (Kaitaku-shi), approached the American government for assistance in developing the land. As a result, Horace Capron , Secretary of Agriculture under President Ulysses S. Grant , became an oyatoi gaikokujin and was appointed as

1196-607: The 1940 Winter Olympics , but due to the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War , this was cancelled the next year. Maruyama Town was integrated as a part of Chūō-ku in 1940, and the Okadama Airport was constructed in 1942. During World War II , the city was bombed by American naval aircraft in July 1945. The first Sapporo Snow Festival was held in 1950. In the same year, adjacent Shiroishi Village

1248-685: The 2019 Rugby World Cup . Additionally, Sapporo has hosted the Asian Winter Games three times, in 1986 , 1990 , and 2017 and the 1991 Winter Universiade . Sapporo is ranked second in the attractiveness ranking of cities in Japan. The annual Sapporo Snow Festival draws more than 2 million tourists. Other notable sites include the Sapporo Beer Museum and the Sapporo TV Tower located in Odori Park . It

1300-654: The European Commission Directorate Generals and Services and as support to the United Nations system. Several of the most densely populated territories in the world are city-states , microstates and urban dependencies . In fact, 95% of the world's population is concentrated on just 10% of the world's land. These territories have a relatively small area and a high urbanization level, with an economically specialized city population drawing also on rural resources outside

1352-689: The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force . May : the Sapporo Lilac Festival. Lilac was brought to Sapporo in 1889 by an American educator, Sarah Clara Smith. At the festival, people enjoy the flowers, wine and live music. June : the Yosakoi Soran Festival. The sites of the festival are centered on Odori Park and the street leading to Susukino, and there are other festival sites. In the festival, many dance teams dance to music composed based on

1404-530: The Myōshōji River originates in Myōshōji Park, to the north of Ogikubo station. The name Suginami dates back to the early Edo period and is a shortened version of Suginamiki ("avenue of cedars "). This name came about when an early land baron, Lord Tadayoshi Okabe, planted a row of cedar trees to mark the bounds of his property. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947. In 1970, 40 high school students in

1456-627: The Tohoku Imperial University was established in Sendai Miyagi Prefecture, and Sapporo Agricultural College was controlled by the university. Parts of neighbouring villages including Sapporo Village, Naebo Village, Kami Shiroishi Village, and districts where the Tonden-hei had settled, were integrated into Sapporo-ku in 1910. The Sapporo Streetcar was opened in 1918, and Hokkaido Imperial University

1508-629: The Toyohira River , a tributary stream of the Ishikari River . It is part of Ishikari Subprefecture . Roadways in the urban district are laid to make a grid plan. The western and southern parts of Sapporo are occupied by a number of mountains including Mount Teine, Maruyama, and Mount Moiwa , as well as many rivers including the Ishikari River, Toyohira River, and Sōsei River. Sapporo has an elevation of 29 m (95 ft 2 in). Sapporo has many parks, including Odori Park, which

1560-498: The 100th anniversary of the foundation of Sapporo and Hokkaido was held in 1968. The Sapporo Municipal Subway system was inaugurated in 1971, which made Sapporo the fourth city in Japan to have a subway system. From February 3 to 13, 1972, the 1972 Winter Olympics were held, the first Winter Olympics held in Asia. On April 1 of the same year, Sapporo was designated as one of the cities designated by government ordinance , and seven wards were established. The last public performance by

1612-574: The Bible as an "ethics" course, introducing Christian principles to the first entering class of the college. In 1880, the entire area of Sapporo was renamed as "Sapporo-ku" (Sapporo Ward), and a railroad between Sapporo and Temiya, Otaru was laid. That year the Hōheikan , a hotel and reception facility for visiting officials and dignitaries, was built adjacent to the Odori Park. It was later moved to Nakajima Park where it remains today. Two years later, with

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1664-619: The Tondenhei, the soldiers pioneering Hokkaido, settled in the place where the area of Tonden in Kita-ku, Sapporo is currently located. Sapporo-ku administered surrounding Sapporo-gun until 1899, when the new district system was announced. After that year, Sapporo-ku was away from the control of Sapporo-gun. The "ku" (district) enforced from 1899 was an autonomy which was a little bigger than towns, and smaller than cities. In Hokkaido at that time, Hakodate-ku and Otaru-ku also existed. In 1907,

1716-679: The US in 1883 but returned to Japan as a secretary of government. William S. Clark , who was the president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College (now the University of Massachusetts Amherst ), came to be the founding vice-president of the Sapporo Agricultural College (now Hokkaido University ) for only eight months from 1876 to 1877. He taught academic subjects in science and lectured on

1768-644: The abolition of the Kaitaku-shi, Hokkaidō was divided into three prefectures: Hakodate, Sapporo, and Nemuro. The name of the urban district in Sapporo remained Sapporo-ku, while the rest of the area in Sapporo-ku was changed to Sapporo-gun. The office building of Sapporo-ku was also located in the urban district. Sapporo, Hakodate, and Nemuro Prefectures were abolished in 1886, and Hokkaidō government office building , an American- neo-baroque -style structure with red bricks, constructed in 1888. The last squad of

1820-435: The adoption of a controversial textbook published by Fusosha Publishing which claimed to justify Japanese actions during World War II . The ward has also passed an ordinance placing limits on the installation of security cameras. To combat burglaries, which reached a record number of 1,710 in 2002, the ward created an unconventional anti-crime program called Operation Flower. The ward urged residents to plant flowers facing

1872-608: The area were exposed to photochemical smog and required hospitalization. The incident attracted national attention and increased awareness of the dangers of pollution. The following neighborhoods make up Suginami-ku: Historically, Suginami has leaned toward liberal activism. In 1954, local housewives launched the "Suginami Appeal" against nuclear weapons, a petition that spread nationwide and ultimately collected 20 million signatures. More recently in 2005, Suginami became part of Japan's fight against nationalist textbook revisionism when residents petitioned Tokyo's courts to prevent

1924-947: The area, illustrating the difference between high population density and overpopulation . Deserts have very limited potential for growing crops as there is not enough rain to support them. Thus, their population density is generally low. However, some cities in the Middle East, such as Dubai , have been increasing in population and infrastructure growth at a fast pace. Cities with high population densities are, by some, considered to be overpopulated, though this will depend on factors like quality of housing and infrastructure and access to resources. Very densely populated cities are mostly in Asia (particularly Southeast Asia ); Africa's Lagos , Kinshasa , and Cairo ; South America's Bogotá , Lima , and São Paulo ; and Mexico City and Saint Petersburg also fall into this category. City population and especially area are, however, heavily dependent on

1976-757: The ashes of the Buddha that were presented to the Emperor of Japan by Prime Minister Nehru in 1954. Another portion was presented to Mikhail Gorbachev by the Nipponzan-Myohoji monk, Junsei Terasawa. February : the Sapporo Snow Festival The main site is at Odori Park, and other sites include Susukino (known as the Susukino Ice Festival) and Sapporo Satoland . Many of the snow and ice statues are built by members of

2028-547: The definition of "urban area" used: densities are almost invariably higher for the center only than when suburban settlements and intervening rural areas are included, as in the agglomeration or metropolitan area (the latter sometimes including neighboring cities). In comparison, based on a world population of 8 billion, the world's inhabitants, if conceptualized as a loose crowd occupying just under 1 m (10 sq ft) per person (cf. Jacobs Method ), would occupy an area of 8,000 square kilometres (3,100 sq mi)

2080-567: The first round. Fumio Ueda, was elected as Sapporo mayor for the first time in 2003. Sapporo became the home to a Nippon Professional Baseball team, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters , in 2004, which won the 2006 Japan Series , and the victory parade was held on Ekimae-Dōri (a street in front of Sapporo Station ) in February 2007. The 34th G8 summit took place in Tōyako in 2008, and a number of people including anti-globalization activists marched in

2132-601: The heart of the city to protest. Police officers were gathered in Sapporo from all over Japan, while four people were arrested in the demonstrations. The Hokkaidō Shinkansen line, which currently connects Honshu to Hakodate through the Seikan Tunnel , is planned to link to Sapporo by 2030. Sapporo has twinning relationships with several cities worldwide. Sapporo also cooperates with: The tertiary sector dominates Sapporo's industry. Major industries include information technology, retail, and tourism, as Sapporo

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2184-530: The officially recognized year celebrated as the "birth" of Sapporo, the new Meiji government concluded that the existing administrative center of Hokkaido, which at the time was the port of Hakodate , was in an unsuitable location for defense and further development of the island. As a result, it was determined that a new capital on the Ishikari Plain should be established. The plain itself provided an unusually large expanse of flat, well-drained land which

2236-735: The opera singer, Maria Callas , was in Sapporo at the Hokkaido Koseinenkin Kaikan on 11 November 1974. The Sapporo Municipal Subway was expanded when the Tōzai line started operation in 1976, and the Tōhō line was opened in 1988. In 1989, Atsubetsu-ku and Teine-ku were separated from Shiroishi-ku and Nishi-ku. Annual events in Sapporo were started, such as the Pacific Music Festival in 1990, and Yosakoi Sōran Festival in 1992. A professional football club, Consadole Sapporo ,

2288-647: The point that the Development Commission was deemed unnecessary and was abolished in 1882. In 1871, the Hokkaidō Shrine was built in its current location as the Sapporo Shrine. Edwin Dun came to Sapporo to establish sheep and cattle ranches in 1876. He also demonstrated pig raising and the making of butter, cheese, ham and sausage. He was married twice, to Japanese women. He once went back to

2340-784: The privatization of public facilities. Kishimoto is the district's first-ever female leader and plans on creating more opportunities for women in Japanese politics. Japan currently has only 2 female politicians in the current national cabinet and only 3 female mayors out of Tokyo's 23 main districts. Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education . Suginami City operates public elementary and junior high schools. Municipal combined elementary and junior high schools: Municipal junior high schools: Municipal elementary schools: International schools: Higher Education: Several animation studios are located in Suginami. Bones

2392-489: The school has special admissions quotas for these groups. The city has two private international schools: Sapporo has one streetcar line, three JR Hokkaido lines, three subway lines and JR Bus , Chuo Bus and other bus lines. Sapporo Subway trains have rubber-tired wheels. The Sapporo area is served by two airports: Okadama Airport , which offers regional flights within Hokkaido and Tohoku, and New Chitose Airport ,

2444-443: The scientist who identified it. Examples of the causes of reduced fertility in low population densities are: Population density is the number of people per unit of area, usually transcribed as "per square kilometer" or square mile, and which may include or exclude, for example, areas of water or glaciers. Commonly this is calculated for a county , city , country , another territory or the entire world . The world's population

2496-504: The street, with the long-term goal of increasing neighborhood watchfulness (necessitated by watering and otherwise attending to the plants). In addition, 9,600 volunteers were recruited for neighborhood safety patrols, 200 security cameras were placed at crime-vulnerable areas, and a daily email update was created for residents. Subsequent to the start of the program, burglaries were down 80% to 390 in 2008. Suginami refused to connect to Japan's Residents Basic Registry Network . As of 2005, it

2548-463: Was 36.3 °C (97.3 °F) on August 23, 2023. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −28.5 °C (−19.3 °F) on 1 February 1929. See or edit raw graph data . Sapporo currently has ten wards ( 区 , ku ) . per km The first census of the population of Sapporo was taken in 1873, when 753 families with a total of 1,785 people were recorded in the town. The city has an estimated population of 1,959,750 as of July 31, 2023 and

2600-576: Was established in 1996. In 1997, Kiyota-ku was separated from Toyohira-ku. In the same year, Hokkaidō Takushoku Bank , a Hokkaido-based bank with headquarters in Odori, went bankrupt. In 2001 the construction of the Sapporo Dome was completed, and in 2002 the Dome hosted three games during the 2002 FIFA World Cup : Germany vs Saudi Arabia, Argentina vs England and Italy vs Ecuador, all of which were in

2652-511: Was established in Sapporo-ku, as the fifth Imperial University in Japan. Another railroad operated in Sapporo, the Jōzankei Railroad, which was ultimately abolished in 1969. In 1922, the new city system was announced by the Tokyo government, and Sapporo-ku was officially changed to Sapporo City. The Sapporo Municipal Bus System was started in 1930. In 1937, Sapporo was chosen as the site of

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2704-464: Was integrated into Sapporo City, rendered as a part of Shiroishi-ku, and Atsubetsu-ku. In 1955, Kotoni Town, the entire Sapporo Village, and Shinoro Village were merged into Sapporo, becoming a part of the current Chūō-ku, Kita-ku, Higashi-ku, Nishi-ku, and Teine-ku. The expansion of Sapporo continued, with the merger of Toyohira Town in 1961, and Teine Town in 1967, each becoming a part of Toyohira-ku, Kiyota-ku, and Teine-ku. The ceremony commemorating

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