Misawa (三沢市, Misawa-shi) is a city in Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The city's English Wikipedia article reports an estimated population of 37,065 living in 19557 households as of 30 November 2025, a density of about 310 people per square kilometre. As a shi, it is one of the three kinds of municipality used in Japan, alongside towns and villages, and it runs its local administration through a mayor and a city council within Aomori Prefecture. The population and area figures are those quoted in the article at the time of writing and may differ from later census results.
Facts
Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Japan: Administrative Division
citypopulation.deAomori Prefecture section of the table, 2020-10-01 census columnQuote, Aomori Prefecture section of the table, 2020-10-01 census column
Misawa City (-shi) 三沢市 41,605 42,495 42,425 41,258 40,196 39,152 37,121
2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 40.6831,141.3691
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results, elevationQuote, results, elevation
"elevation": 44.0
3. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.75, 141.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.75, 141.25
40.75 141.25 Cfb
Misawa (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Japan, Lead, first sentence
is a city in Aomori Prefecture, Japan
On Continent: Asia, Lead, first sentence
is a city in Aomori Prefecture, Japan
In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Lead, first sentence
is a city in Aomori Prefecture, Japan
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