Tsugaru, Aomori

Japanese Name: つがる市
Prefecture: Aomori
Population: 38,919
Area: 253.85:
Longitude 140.3800593
Latitude 40.80863900000001
Homepage: http://www.city.tsugaru.aomori.jp/

Tsugaru, Aomori

Tsugaru (つがる市, Tsugaru-shi) is a city located in northwestern Aomori Prefecture in the northern Tōhoku region of Japan.

As of September 1, 2015, the city had an estimated population of 34,301 and a population density of 135 persons per km². The total area was 253.55 square kilometres (97.90 sq mi). The city's name is atypical for a Japanese place name in that it is written in hiragana rather than kanji (see hiragana cities).