Ota, Gunma
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Ōta 太田市 |
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View of downtown Ōta
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 Location of Ōta in Gunma Prefecture |
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 Ōta
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| Coordinates: 36°17′28.1″N 139°22′31.4″E / 36.291139°N 139.375389°ECoordinates: 36°17′28.1″N 139°22′31.4″E / 36.291139°N 139.375389°E | |||
| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Kantō | ||
| Prefecture | Gunma Prefecture | ||
| Government | |||
| • - Mayor | Masayoshi Suzuki | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 175.54 km2 (67.78 sq mi) | ||
| Population (February 2015) | |||
| • Total | 219,531 | ||
| • Density | 1,250/km2 (3,200/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
| - Tree | Pine, Osmanthus, Maple, Ginkgo | ||
| - Flower | Chrysanthemum, Sage, Spring orchid, Azalea | ||
| Phone number | 0276-47-1111 | ||
| Address | 2-35 Hama-cho, Ōta-shi, Gumma-ken 373-8718 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Ōta (太田市 Ōta-shi?) is a city located in southeastern Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan . As of February 2015, the city had an estimated population of 75,560 and a population density of 1260 persons per km². Its total area was 60.97 km².
Ōta is located in the extreme southeastern portion of Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kantō Plains, bordered by to the east and Saitama Prefecture to the south. The city is located 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Tokyo between the Tone and Watarase rivers.
During the Edo period, the area of present-day Ōta contained two post towns on the Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō, a subroute to Nikkō Kaidō which connected the Nakasendō directly with Nikkō, bypassing Edo., the Ōta-shuku (太田宿?), (from which the city takes its name) and Kizaki-shuku (木崎宿?).
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