Tama, Tokyo
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Tama (多摩市, Tama-shi) is a municipality classifee'd as a ceety, locatit in Tokyo, Japan.
Tama City 多摩市 | |
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City | |
Location of Tama City in Tokyo | |
Coordinates: 35°38′13.21″N 139°26′46.7″E | |
Kintra | Japan |
Region | Kantō |
Prefectur | Tokyo |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Hiroyuki Abe (since April 2010) |
Area | |
• Total | 21.08 km2 (8.14 sq mi) |
Population (April 1, 2011) | |
• Total | 147,171 |
• Density | 6981.55/km2 (18,082.1/sq mi) |
Symbols | |
• Tree | Ginkgo |
• Flouer | Yamazakura (a wild Sakura) |
• Bird | Oriental Turtle Dove |
Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time) |
City Hall Address | 6-12-1, Sekido Tama city Tokyo 206-8666 |
Website | City of Tama |
Its soothren hauf forms pairt o the Tama New Town project, Japan's lairgest residential development, constructit in the 1970s.
The ceety is locatit in the northren pairt o a lairge aurie o hills in sooth-wastren Tokyo, kent as Tama Hills, which spans Tokyo an Kanagawa prefecturs. The entire region is historically referred tae as Tama; therefore thare are mony place names scattered throughoot the aurie wi references tae the name "Tama" which are no athin the ceety leemits. For example, Tama is the name o a waird several kilometres awa unner the jurisdiction o Kawasaki Ceety in Kanagawa prefectur. Tama River marks the ceety's northren boundary.
Tama is hame tae Tama Hills, a recreational facility o the U.S. Air Force, intendit for uise bi Unitit States service members an thair faimilies, as well as Japan Maritime Sel-Defense Force service members an thair families.
It is hame tae the weel kent Sanrio theme pairk, Sanrio Puroland ("Hello Kitty-land") an aw.