Kitakami City

Iwate Prefecture · City

Kitakami City in southwestern Iwate Prefecture is one of the leading industrial cities in Tohoku, a hub of distribution and industry where many companies are located. Tenshochi along the Kitakami River is known for its rows of cherry trees, and the calcareous sinter at Geto Onsen is a Natural Monument of Japan. The city also has the Michinoku Folklore Village and the Museum of Contemporary Japanese Poetry, Tanka and Haiku.

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Population: 90,811 302nd in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −2.4% 1,349th in Japanfrom 93,045 in 2020
Area: 438 km² 251st in Japan
Population density: 208 people/km² 804th in Japan

Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.

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