Inagi

Inagi

稲城市
Inagi 稲城市
City
	Clockwise from top left: Yomiuri Land Amusement Park, Aoi Shrine, Stone Buddha Statue in Mount Arigata, Anazawa-ten Shrine, Inagi Central Park, Inagi Bridge
	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Symbols
• Tree	Ginkgo biloba
• Flower	Pyrus pyrifolia
Phone number	042-378-2111
Address	2111 Higashi-Naganuma, Inagi-shi, Tokyo 206-8601
Website	Official website

Inagi (稲城市, Inagi-shi) is a

Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 April 2021, the city had an estimated population of 92,585 in 41,592 households, and a population density of 5200 persons per km².^[1]

The total area of the city was 17.97 square kilometres (17,970,000 m²).

Geography

Inagi is located in the south-central portion of

Tokyo Metropolis, approximately 25 kilometers from the center of Tokyo. The Tama River flows through the city, which is bordered by Kanagawa Prefecture

to the south.

Surrounding municipalities

Tokyo Metropolis

Chōfu

Fuchū
Tama

Kanagawa Prefecture

Kawasaki

Climate

Inagi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Inagi is 14.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1647 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.2 °C.^[2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[3] the population of Inagi has increased steadily since the 1950s.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1950	9,824	—
1960	11,012	+12.1%
1970	30,817	+179.8%
1980	48,154	+56.3%
1990	58,635	+21.8%
2000	69,235	+18.1%
2010	84,835	+22.5%
2020	93,151	+9.8%

History

The area of Inagi has been settled since the

Meiji period

hamlets with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. The district was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1893.

On April 1, 1957, Inagi Village was promoted to town status, and to city status on November 1, 1971.

Government

Inagi has a

Diet of Japan, the city is a part of the Tokyo 30th district

.

Elections

2007 Inagi local election

Economy

Inagi is largely a

new town public housing projects in the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. There is also some residual agriculture, notably pears and grapes. The paper manufacturer, Nippon Filcon

is headquartered in Inagi.