Sakura, Chiba

Sakura, Chiba (佐倉市, Sakura-shi) is a city in Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan. The city's English Wikipedia article reports an estimated population of 173,740 living in 78,483 households as of 1 November 2020. The municipality covers a total area of 103.59 square kilometres. 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 Chiba Prefecture. The population and area figures are those quoted in the article at the time of writing and may differ from later census results.