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Suzaka

須坂市
Suzaka 須坂市
City
	View of downtown Susaka and Garyu Park
	Flag Seal
	Location of Suzaka in Nagano Prefecture
	Suzaka
	Coordinates: 36°39′4″N 138°18′26.1″E / 36.65111°N 138.307250°E
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu (Kōshin'etsu)
Prefecture	Nagano
Government
• Mayor	Masao Miki (since January 2004)
Area
• Total	149.67 km2 (57.79 sq mi)
Population (March 2019)
• Total	50,828
• Density	340/km2 (880/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Symbols
• Tree	Cryptomeria japonica
• Flower	Rhododendron molle
Phone number	0268-62-1111
Address	Suzaka 1528-1, Suzaka-shi, Nagano-ken 382-8511
Website	Official website

Suzaka (須坂市, Suzaka-shi) is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2019^[update], the city had an estimated population of 50,828 in 19,979 households,^[1] and a population density of 334 persons per km². The total area of the city is 149.6 square kilometres (57.8 sq mi).

Geography

Suzaka is located in northern Nagano Prefecture on the alluvial fan where the Matsukawa River joins the Chikuma River.

Surrounding municipalities

Gunma Prefecture
- Tsumagoi
Nagano Prefecture
- Nagano
- Obuse
- Takayama
- Ueda

Climate

The city has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Suzaka is 10.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1189 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around -2.2 °C.^[2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[3] the population of Suzaka has remained relatively stable over the past 40 years.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1940	34,517	—
1950	43,407	+25.8%
1960	43,779	+0.9%
1970	45,782	+4.6%
1980	52,543	+14.8%
1990	53,662	+2.1%
2000	54,207	+1.0%
2010	52,168	−3.8%
2020	49,559	−5.0%

History

Suzaka is located in former Shinano Province and was a castle town for Suzaka Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. In the post-Meiji restoration cadastral reform of April 1,1 1889, the modern town of Suzaka was established. Suzuka annexed the village of Hitaki on December 1, 1936 and the villages of Hino and Toyosu on February 11, 1954. Suzaka was elevated to city status on April 1, 1954. On January 1, 1955, Suzaka annexed the neighbouring villages of Inoue and Takahe, followed by the village of Azuma on April 30, 1971.

Government

Suzaka has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 20 members.

Economy

The city was noted in the Meiji period for its silk industry. After World War II, an electronics industry was established. Fujitsu Corporation has a plant in Suzaka.^[4] The city is also noted for apples and grapes, and the Prefectural Agricultural Research Station is located in Suzaka.^[5]

Education

Suzaka has eleven public elementary schools and four public middle schools operated by the city government, and three public high schools operated by the Nagano Prefectural Board of Education.