Eniwa

Eniwa is a city in Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Its local government is styled Eniwa-shi in Japanese. The article places it on the Ishikari plain, 8 km north of Chitose and 26 km south of the prefectural capital Sapporo, divided into three major areas: Eniwa in the south, Megumino in the center and Shimamatsu in the north. Many farms surround the town, and it has many manufacturing businesses, including the Sapporo Brewery Hokkaido factory, with three Japan Ground Self-Defense Force camps in the city. Its 2023 population of 70,278 makes it the fourth largest city in the Ishikari Subprefecture and the 13th largest in Hokkaido. The entry is kept apart from other places of the same name by its prefecture, and in the geography atlas the city is placed with the cities of Eastern Asia, under Japan, where its population and area can be compared with those of other Japanese cities.