is a city

Cities of Japan

||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...

 located in Tochigi

Tochigi Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the Kantō region on the island of Honshū, Japan. The capital is the city of Utsunomiya.Nikkō, whose ancient Shintō shrines and Buddhist temples UNESCO has recognized by naming them a World Heritage Site, is in this prefecture...

, Japan.

As of 2010, the city has an estimated population

Population

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 of 102,825 and the density

Population density

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 of 210 persons per km². The total area is 490.62 km². The English translation of Kanuma is "Deer Swamp" and the town is mostly known for being along the way when traveling between Tokyo and Nikkō.

The city was founded on October 10, 1948.

On January 1, 2006 the town of Awano

Awano, Tochigi

Awano was a town located in Kamitsuga District, Tochigi, Japan.On January 1, 2006 Awano was merged into the city of Kanuma.As of , the town has an estimated population of 10,278 and a density of 57.96 persons per km.² The total area is 177.32 km.²...

, from Kamitsuga District

Kamitsuga District, Tochigi

was a district located in Tochigi, Japan.As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 20,718 and a density of 52.44 persons per km². The total area was 395.11 km².-Towns and villages:*Ashio*Awano*Nishikata-Mergers:...

, was merged into Kanuma.

Famous people from Kanuma

• Hidetaro Shimoe, swordsman
• Guts Ishimatsu
  Guts Ishimatsu
  is a former boxing world champion from Kanumashi, Japan. After retiring from boxing, he has gained popularity as an actor and comedian.As a boxer, he was known for his unpredictable style, sometimes marking completely unpredicted victories, and often losing in extravagant fashion as well...
  
  , boxer
• Hisae Watanabe
  Hisae Watanabe
  is a Japanese female mixed martial artist and kickboxer.She stands out with her distinctive two-piece leopard-print outfit and matching hair, which was formerly auburn or red but is now blond...
  
  , mixed martial arts fighter
• Hisashi Kurosaki
  Hisashi Kurosaki
  Hisashi Kurosaki is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.On December 19, 2009, he become the manager of Albirex Niigata....
  
  , football player
• Hisashi Ogura, baseball player
• Kunio Yanagida(not Kunio Yanagita
  Kunio Yanagita
  was a Japanese scholar who is often known as the father of Japanese native folkloristics, or minzokugaku.He was born in Fukusaki, Hyōgo Prefecture. After graduating with a degree in law from Tokyo Imperial University, he became employed as a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce...
  
  ), non-fiction writer
• Manabu Wakabayashi, football player
• Michio Yuzawa, politician
• Satosumi Takaguchi, manga artist
• Sayaka Hirano
  Sayaka Hirano
  is a female Japanese table tennis player.She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round of the singles competition...
  
  , table tennis player
• Takeji Nara
  Takeji Nara
  Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army.-Biography:Nara was born in what is now part of Kanuma city, Tochigi Prefecture to a farming family. He attended military preparatory schools as a youth, and graduated from the 11th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1889 as a second...
  
  , general
• Tosio Kato
  Tosio Kato
  was a Japanese mathematician who worked with partial differential equations, mathematical physics and functional analysis.Kato studied physics and received his undergraduate degree in 1941 at the Imperial University of Tokyo. After disruption of the Second World War, he received his doctorate in...
  
  , mathematician

External links

• Kanuma official website in Japanese