Maebashi (jpn)

Maebashi

Maebashi ranks 790th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Düren, Quito, and Kōfu. Memorable people born in Maebashi include Shigesato Itoi, Sakutarō Hagiwara, and Mitsunori Fujiguchi. Memorable people who died in Maebashi include Shigeharu Ueki. Maebashi has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many soccer players. Maebashi is located in Japan.

Maebashi is the capital city of Gunma Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. As of 31 August 2020, the city had an estimated population of 335,352 in 151,171 households, and a population density of 1100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 311.59 km2 (120.31 sq mi). It was the most populous city within Gunma Prefecture until Takasaki merged with nearby towns between 2006 and 2009. Maebashi is known to be the "City of Water, Greenery and Poets" because of its pure waters, its rich nature and because it gave birth to several Japanese contemporary poets, such as Sakutarō Hagiwara. Read more on Wikipedia