Kanuma, Tochigi


Kanuma is a city located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. As of May 2015, the city had an estimated population of 98,883, and a population density of 202 persons per km². Its total area is.

Geography

Kanuma is located in central Tochigi Prefecture.

Surrounding municipalities

Kanuma was the castle town for a 25,000 koku feudal domain in the early Edo period. Even after the domain was suppressed by the Tokugawa shogunate, the area continued to prosper from its location with a number of post stations on the Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō.
The modern city was founded on October 10, 1948. On January 1, 2006, the town of Awano was merged into Kanuma.

Economy

Education

Kanuma has 24 primary schools, ten middle schools and four high schools.

Transportation

Railway

External relations