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Ōshū-shi
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city in Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Tōhoku
- Prefecture
- Iwate
- Mayor
- Hiroshi Gōkon ( ja:郷右近浩 ) -from March 2026
- Total
- 993.30 km (383.52 sq mi)
- Density
- 115.39/km (298.87/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+9 ( Japan Standard Time )
- Phone number
- 0197-24-2111
- Address
- 1-1 Ōtemachi, Mizusawa-ku, Ōshū-shi, Iwate-ken 023-8501
- Climate
- Cfa / Dfa
- Website
- Official website
- Bird
- Green pheasant
- Flower
- Sakura
- Tree
- Maple
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Iwate Prefecture
- Population
- 124746
- Area
- 993.30
- Elevation
- 58
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Shares border with
- Nishiwaga
- Official website
- www.city.oshu.iwate.jp
- Image
- OSHU Composite.jpg
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- Commons category
- Oshu, Iwate
- topic's main category
- Category:Ōshū, Iwate
- native label
- 奥州市
- inception
- 2006-02-20
- replaces
- Koromogawa
- twinned administrative body
- Breitenwang
- social media followers
- 9445
- associated electoral district
- Iwate 3rd district
- transliteration or transcription
- Oshu-shi
- name in kana
- あうしうし
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Ōshū City Hall
Ōshū (奥州市, Ōshū-shi) is a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 April 2020, the city had an estimated population of 114,620 and a population density of 120 persons per km in 45,728 households. The total area of the city is 993.30 square kilometres (383.52 sq mi). Ōshū is famous for its Maesawa Beef, numerous festivals, historic temples and shrines and Fujiwara no Sato, a theme park and movie lot based on the exploits of the Northern Fujiwaras in the 12th century. Many famous people claim Ōshū as their home, including Los Angeles Dodgers baseball player Shohei Ohtani and Ichiro Ozawa, the long-time leader of the Democratic Party of Japan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ōshū-shi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.