Azumino, Nagano

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**Azumino**
**安曇野市**
Azumino's location in Nagano, Japan.
Location
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu
Prefecture	Nagano
Physical characteristics
Population (as of April 1, 2006)
Total	99,080
Density	332.10 /km² (860 /sq mi)
Location	36°17′N, 137°55′E
Symbols
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Azumino Government Office
Mayor	Isao Hirabayashi
Address	〒399-8205 4932-26 Toyoshina, Azumino-shi, Nagano-ken
Phone number	0263-71-2000
Official website: City of Azumino

Azumino (安曇野市, Azumino-shi^?) is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on October 1, 2005, when the town of Akashina from Higashichikuma District, and the towns and villages of Horigane, Hotaka, Misato and Toyoshina from Minamiazumi District merged to form a new city. The city's population is near 100,000 people and it is the 6th most populous in Nagano Prefecture.

1 Municipal Timeline
2 Sister Cities
- 2.1 Within Japan
3 External links

[edit] Municipal Timeline

On October 1, 2005, the town of Akashina from Higashichikuma District, and the towns and villages of Horigane, Hotaka, Misato and Toyoshina from Minamiazumi District merged to form a new city.

Azumino, named after the plain in which it is located, lies between two mountain ranges to the west and east. The range of mountains on the western boarded are known as the Japan Alps and are popular among hikers all over Japan. To the south is the city of Matsumoto, Nagano prefecture's second largest city. To the North lies the city of Omachi, as well as the village of Hakuba. Hakuba was the site of many of the ski events during the 1998 winter Olympics. This created a lot of traffic through the Azumino area, spurring a great deal of construction during that period.