Goshogawara

Goshogawara (五所川原市, Goshogawara-shi) is a city in Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The city's English Wikipedia article reports an estimated population of 51,578 living in 25,615 households as of 31 January 2023, a density of about 130 people per square kilometre. The municipality covers a total area of 404.18 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 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.