Hanamaki, Iwate
Hanamaki
花巻市 | |
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City | |
Hanamaki City Hall | |
Map of Iwate Prefecture with Hanamaki highlighted in pink | |
| Coordinates: 39°23′19″N 141°7′0.9″E / 39.38861°N 141.116917°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Tōhoku |
| Prefecture | Iwate |
| Area | |
• Total | 908.39 km2 (350.73 sq mi) |
| Population (March 31, 2019) | |
• Total | 94,691 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Phone number | 0198-24-2111 |
| Address | 9-30 Kajo-cho, Hanamaki-shi, Iwate-ken 025-8601 |
| Climate | Dfa/Cfa |
| Website | Official website |
| Symbols | |
| Bird | Ural owl |
| Flower | Hayachina Usukikyo |
| Tree | Kobushi |
Hanamaki (花巻市, Hanamaki-shi) is a city in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 March 2020, the city had an estimated population of 94,691, and a population density of 100 persons per km2, in 37,773 households. The total area of the city is 908.39 square kilometres (350.73 sq mi). Hanamaki is famous as the birthplace of the novelist and poet Kenji Miyazawa and Iwate Prefecture's local specialty, Wanko soba, as well as its hot spring resorts.