 Municipal Area (2006)
| Latitude & Longitude |
|
| North |
43° 11’ N.lat. |
| South |
42° 46’ N.lat. |
| East |
141° 30’ E.long. |
| West |
140° 59’ E.long. |
| Longest distance from east to west |
42.3 km |
| Longest distance from north to south |
45.4 km |
Total area
|
1,121.12 km² |
| *14th largest city in Japan in terms of area, as of April 1, 2007 |
| ・Land used for building |
140.58 km² |
| ・Cultivated land |
42.17 km² |
| ・Forests |
642.13 km² |
| ・Uncultivated land |
51.12 km² |
| ・Miscellaneous land |
84.93 km² |
| ・Other |
160.19 km² |
| City planning areas (as of March 31, 2007) |
567.95 km² |
| ・Urbanization promotion areas |
249.30 km² |
| ・Urbanization control areas |
318.65 km² |
| Densely inhabited districts (as of 2005) |
227.50 km² |
|
|
 Climate (2006)
| Average temperature |
9.1 C° |
| Highest temperature |
32.8 C° |
| Lowest temperature |
12.3 C° |
| Precipitation |
1,145.5 mm |
| Snowfall |
543 cm |
|
|
Population Trends (as of October 1 of every year)
| 1975 |
1,240,613 |
1995 |
1,757,025 |
| 1980 |
1,401,757 |
2000 |
1,822,368 |
| 1985 |
1,542,979 |
2005 |
1,880,863 |
| 1990 |
1,671,742 |
2007 |
1,894,344 |
Sapporo’s total population represents 1.5 % of Japan’s population (127,770,000)
33.7 % of Hokkaido’s population (5,600,000)
| Population increase (2006) |
7,975 |
| Natural increase |
1,434 |
| Births |
14,663 |
| Deaths |
13,229 |
| Net-migration |
6,541 |
| Immigrants |
72,464 |
| Emigrants |
66,041 |
| Married |
12,410 |
| Divorced |
4,919 |
Population and Households by Ward (as of June 1, 2007)
|
Population |
Households |
| Chuo Ward |
209,468 |
113,809 |
| Kita Ward |
274,898 |
124,537 |
| Higashi Ward |
255,006 |
116,622 |
| Shiroishi Ward |
203,105 |
98,755 |
| Atsubetsu Ward |
129,371 |
53,350 |
| Toyohira Ward |
209,367 |
103,324 |
| Kiyota Ward |
113,858 |
41,743 |
| Minami Ward |
150,946 |
65,129 |
| Nishi Ward |
208,668 |
93,045 |
| Teine Ward |
138,438 |
53,656 |
| TOTAL |
1,893,125 |
863,970 |
| Population by Age (as of April 1, 2007) |
|
| ・Children population (0 – 14 years old) |
231,702 (12.4 %) |
| ・Working-age population (15 – 64 years old) |
1,302,907 (69.5 %) |
| ・Elderly population (65 years old and over) |
339,801 (18.1 %) |
| Average age |
42.9 years old |
| ・Male |
41.5 years old |
| ・Female |
44.1 years old |
| Average life expectancy (as of 2005) |
|
| ・Male |
78.64 years |
| ・Female |
85.81 years |
|
|
Employed Persons by Industry (as of October 1, 2005)
| Total |
840,632 (100.0 %) |
| Primary Industries |
3,552 (0.4 %) |
| Secondary Industries |
134,016 (15.9%) |
| ・Construction |
84,503 |
| ・Manufacturing |
49,155 |
| Tertiary Industries |
675,745 (80.4 %) |
| ・Electricity, gas, heat supply and water |
4,182 |
| ・Communications |
31,167 |
| ・Transportation |
49,651 |
| ・Wholesale and retail trade |
184,384 |
| ・Finance and insurance |
23,783 |
| ・Real estate |
19,316 |
| Eating/drinking establishments, Lodging facilities |
51,966 |
| Health care and welfare |
84,474 |
| Education, learning services |
40,488 |
| Services |
144,243 |
| Government |
34,679 |
| Industries not adequately classified |
27,319 (3.2 %) |
|
|
Number of Commuters (as of October 1, 2005)
| Inflow |
85,032 |
| ・Commuting |
71,621 |
| ・School attendance |
13,411 |
| Outflow |
69,051 |
| ・Commuting |
55,935 |
| ・School attendance |
13,116 |
| Excess of inflow in the daytime |
15,981 |
|
|
Economy
| Companies & Organizations (2004) |
|
| ・Private sector |
71,293 |
| ・Persons employed |
752,669 |
| Farming households (2005) |
1,121 |
| ・Area of cultivated land |
2,308 ha |
| Factories with four or more employees (2005) |
1,271 |
| ・Persons employed |
31,733 |
| ・Value of shipped manufactured goods, etc. |
￥560.1 billion |
| Wholesalers (2004) |
|
| ・Private sector |
6,567 |
| ・Value of annual sales |
￥7,703.9 billion |
| Retailers (2004) |
|
| ・Private sector |
12,048 |
| ・Persons employed |
120,206 |
| ・Value of annual sales |
￥2,322.6 billion |
| Large-scale retail stores (2006) |
|
| ・Department stores |
8 |
| ・Supermarkets |
96 |
| Value of annual sales |
￥521.8 billion |
| ・Department stores |
￥221.7 billion |
| ・Supermarkets |
￥300.1 billion |
| Banks (2006) |
20 |
| ・Deposits in all banks |
￥7,347.1 billion |
| Consumer price index (2006) (2005=100) |
100.2 |
| *Up 0.2 % from the previous year |
|
| Sapporo Convention Center (F.Y. 2006) |
Yearly visitors 372,000 |
|
|
Citizens’ Accounts (F.Y. 2004)
| Rate of economic growth at nominal rate |
|
| ・At real rate+0.5% |
－0.0 % |
| Citywide gross domestic product (expenditures) |
￥6,978.8 billion (－0.0 %) |
| Citizen gross income |
￥6,968.7 billion (＋0.0 %) |
| Citizen income, per capita |
￥2.70 million (－1.7 %) |
|
|
Transportation and Communications (F.Y. 2006)
| Streetcars |
30 |
| ・Average daily passengers |
21,000 |
| Municipal Rapid Transit Service (Subway) |
|
| ・Subway cars |
396 |
| ・Average daily passengers |
575,000 |
| Namboku (north-south) Line |
|
| ・Route length |
14.3 km with 16 stations |
| ・Construction cost |
￥82.2 billion |
| Tozai (east-west) Line |
|
| ・Route length |
20.1 km with 19 stations |
| ・Construction cost |
￥289.4 billion |
| Toho Line |
|
| ・Route length |
13.6 km with 14 stations |
| ・Construction cost |
￥330.2 billion |
| Privately-operated fixed-route buses |
|
| ・Average daily passengers |
308,000 |
| JR (Japan Railways) Hokkaido |
|
| ・Average daily passengers |
190,000 |
| Okadama Airport |
|
| ・Arrivals/year |
10,178 |
| Passengers/year |
|
| ・Arriving passengers |
195,103 |
| ・Departing passengers |
188,139 |
| Motor vehicles owned (at the end of 2005) |
1,013,935 |
| ・Cars |
672,158 |
| ・Trucks |
103,473 |
| ・Small sized cars |
188,124 |
| ・Other |
50,180 |
| Telephone subscribers |
602,100 |
| *Municipal transportation IC Card to be introduced in 2008 |
|
|
Roads and Snow Clearance (F.Y. 2006)
| Total length |
5,568.4 km |
| ・National roads |
190.5 km |
| ・Prefectural roads |
237.8 km |
| ・City roads |
5,140.1 km |
| Total length of roads plowed of snow |
5,179 km |
| Total length of sidewalks cleared of snow |
3,350 km |
| Road heating |
649 sites |
*Sapporo Ekimae-dori underground pedestrian walkway construction project
to open in F.Y. 2010 |
|
Housing (2003)
| Total residential houses |
879,900 |
| Dwellings by type |
|
| ・Personally owned houses & apartments |
370,600 |
・Rented houses
(local government or public corporations) |
40,200 |
| ・Rented houses owned privately |
306,400 |
| ・Employee subsidized housing |
27,300 |
| ・Municipal public housing units (2006) |
27,300 |
| ・New residential houses (2006) |
27,128 |
|
|
Parks and Roadside Trees (F.Y. 2006)
*Major parks －Odori Park, Nakajima Park, Yurigahara Park, Moerenuma Park, etc.
*Gotenzan Park to be completed in F.Y. 2008 |
|
Waterworks (F.Y. 2006)
| Total pipeline distribution |
5,721 km |
| ・Total supply capacity |
￥198,210,000 m³ |
| ・Average daily water supply (per person) |
289 L |
| ・Persons served |
1,879,942 |
| ・Diffusion Rate |
99.8 % |
| Filtration plants |
5 |
|
|
Sewerage (F.Y. 2006)
| Total sewer distribution |
8,059 km |
| ・Population served |
1,881,000 |
| ・Flush toilets installed |
1,870,000 |
| ・Diffusion rate |
99.6 % |
| Water Reclamation Plaza |
10 |
|
|
Electricity and City Gas (F.Y. 2006)
| Electricity (Number of subscribers) |
1,223,787 |
| ・Consumption of electric power |
9,134.23 million kWh |
| City gas (number of houses) |
425,144 |
| ・Consumption |
270.41 million m³ |
|
|
Health Service (2006)
| Hospitals |
216 |
| ・Number of beds |
38,662 |
| General clinics |
1,269 |
| ・Number of beds |
2,741 |
| Dental clinics |
1,219 |
| ・Number of beds |
14 |
| Public Health Office |
1 |
| Health Centers |
10 |
| Total number of Physicians (as of 2006) |
5,796 |
| Dentists (as of 2006) |
1,983 |
| Pharmacists (as of 2006) |
4,517 |
| Sapporo City General Hospital |
|
| ・Inpatient care (daily average) |
699 patients |
| ・Outpatient care (daily average) |
1,977 patients |
|
|
Public Waste Management (F.Y. 2006)
| Total garbage disposal |
854,390 t |
| Incineration plants |
4 |
| Daily disposal capacity |
2,700 t |
|
|
Social Welfare
| Welfare services for the elderly (2007) |
|
| ・Nursing homes |
72 |
| ・Patient capacity |
5,550 (approx.) |
| National health insurance (at the end of F.Y. 2006) |
|
| ・Issued |
592,508 |
| ・Households |
359,932 |
| Long-term care insurance (at the end of F.Y. 2006) |
|
| ・Category 1 insured persons (aged 65 and over) |
339,817 |
| ・Long-term care certified persons |
60,895 |
| In-home service recipients (March, 2007) |
32,235 |
| Community-based service recipients (March, 2007) |
4,410 |
| Institutional service recipients (March, 2007) |
9,913 |
| National pension (at the end of F.Y. 2006) |
|
| ・Insured persons |
501,252 |
| ・Pension recipients |
289,947 |
| Social aid (2006, monthly average) |
51,700 (27.4 per 1,000 persons) |
|
|
Education (as of May 1, 2006)
| Day Nurseries (2007) |
187 (city-owned 23) |
| ・Student capacity |
16,730 |
| Kindergartens |
151 (city-owned 17) |
| ・Students |
26,950 |
| Elementary Schools |
211 (city-owned 209) |
| ・Students |
95,612 |
| Junior High Schools |
108 (city-owned 100) |
| ・Students |
50,230 |
| High Schools |
55 (city-owned 8) |
| ・Students |
49,999 |
| Junior Colleges |
9 |
| ・Students |
4,602 |
| Universities |
15 (city-owned 1) |
| ・Students |
51,197 |
| Sapporo School of the Arts |
1 (city-owned 1) |
| ・Students |
283 |
| Schools for the Disabled |
13 (city-owned 4) |
| ・Students |
1,349 |
|
|
Community Facilities (F.Y. 2007)
| Liaison centers |
87 |
| Ward community centers |
10 |
| Community centers |
2 |
| Local centers |
23 |
|
|
Youth and Women’s Activities (F.Y. 2006)
| Kids’ Halls |
144 |
| ・Annual Number of Users |
3,052,000 |
| Working Youth Centers |
5 |
| ・Annual Number of Users |
107,000 |
| Sapporo Sun Plaza |
518,000 users |
| Sapporo Youth Center |
92,000 users |
| Sapporo Center for Gender Equality |
327,000 users |
|
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International Relations
| Linkage-Up Festival (2007) |
Sept. 1-2 |
| German Christmas Market (2007) |
Nov. 22 – Dec. 16 |
| Sister cities |
|
| ・Portland (U.S.A.) |
Pop. 537,000 (Est. on Nov. 17th, 1959) |
| ・Munich (Germany) |
Pop. 1,305,000 (Est. on Aug. 28th, 1972) |
| ・Shenyang (China) |
Pop. 7,200,000 (Est. on Nov. 18th, 1980) |
| ・Novosibirsk (Russia) |
Pop. 1,423,000 (Est. on June 13th, 1990) |
| Non-Japanese registration (June 1, 2007) |
8,884 |
| Foreign students (May 1, 2006) |
1,078 |
Consulates in Sapporo
Consulate Generals (U.S.A., the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation
and the People’s Republic of China) and Australian Consulate |
|
Sports and Recreation (F.Y. 2006)
| Municipal gyms |
12 |
| Municipal baseball grounds (paid-use) |
41 |
| Municipal swimming pools |
11 |
| Ice skating rinks |
4 |
| Ski slopes |
7 |
| Ski jump hills |
4 |
| Municipal cross-country courses |
12 (total length 27.95 km) |
| Hiking trails |
8 (total length 75.0 km) |
| Orienteering courses |
1 (total length 10 km) |
| “Open schools” |
yearly visitors 1,571,000 |
| *287 gyms, 98 playgrounds, 204 swimming pools, 14 combative sports rooms |
| Sapporo Dome “HIROBA” |
yearly visitors 2,686,000 |
| Community Dome “Tsudome” |
yearly visitors 446,000 |
| Maruyama Zoo (179 species, 934 animals) |
yearly visitors 612,000 |
|
|
Arts and Culture (F.Y. 2006)
| Sapporo Education and Culture Hall |
yearly visitors 587,000 |
| Sapporo Art Park |
yearly visitors 278,000 |
| Sapporo Concert Hall “Kitara” |
yearly visitors 412,000 |
| Sapporo Archives Museum |
yearly visitors 70,000 |
| Sapporo Clock Tower |
yearly visitors 209,000 |
| Sapporo Citizens Hall |
yearly visitors 406,000 |
| Sapporo Citizens Gallery |
yearly visitors 132,000 |
| Sapporo City Photo Library |
yearly visitors 43,000 |
| Sapporo Comprehensive Lifelong Learning Center “Chieria” |
yearly visitors 392,000 |
| Sapporo Science Center |
yearly visitors 292,000 |
| Sapporo Salmon Museum |
yearly visitors 80,000 |
| Historical Museum of Hokkaido |
yearly visitors 90,000 |
| Historical Village of Hokkaido |
yearly visitors 169,000 |
| Former Hokkaido Government Office Building |
yearly visitors 441,000 |
| Municipal libraries |
10 |
| ・Stock of books |
2,300,000 |
| ・Books lent out per year |
6,930,000 |
| Cultural properties |
27 |
| ・National |
15 |
| ・Prefectural |
3 |
| ・Municipal |
9 |
| Sapporo Symphony Orchestra |
75 members |
| 129 performances per year |
|
| ・Art galleries & museums |
5 |
| ・Cinemas |
20 |
| ・Pacific Music Festival (PMF) (2007) |
July 7 – Aug. 1 |
|
|
Tourism (F.Y. 2006)
| Total number of visitors (F.Y. 2006) |
14,104,000 |
| Hotels & ryokans (F.Y. 2006) |
206 (24,977 rooms) |
| Yearly visitors to tourist facilities (F.Y. 2006) |
|
| ・Moerenuma Park |
yearly visitors 831,000 |
| ・Sato-Land Farm Park |
yearly visitors 732,000 |
| ・Mt. Moiwa |
yearly visitors 502,000 |
|
|
Public Finance (F.Y. 2007) (Billion Yen)
| Total Budget (skeleton budget) |
1,553.4 |
| *up 0.4 % from the previous fiscal year |
|
| Revenue in General Accounts |
775.6 (100.0 %) |
| *down 1.1 % from the previous fiscal year |
|
| ・City tax |
285.0 ( 36.7 %) |
| ・Local allocation tax |
103.7 ( 13.4 %) |
| ・Treasury disbursements |
103.7 ( 13.4 %) |
| ・Miscellaneous income |
114.7 ( 14.8 %) |
| ・City debt |
46.9 ( 6.0 %) |
| ・Others |
108.9 (14.1 %) |
| Expenditure in General Accounts |
775.6 (100.0 %) |
| *down 1.1 % from the previous fiscal year |
|
| ・General service administration |
28.3 (3.6 %) |
| ・Public health & welfare |
206.9 (26.7 %) |
| ・Economy and industry |
87.1 (11.2 %) |
| ・Public works |
76.1 (9.8 %) |
| ・Fire defense |
5.1 (0.7 %) |
| ・Education |
33.4 (4.3 %) |
| ・Public debt |
98.1 ( 12.7 %) |
| ・Personnel expenses |
104.1 ( 13.4 %) |
| ・Miscellaneous expenses |
118.5 ( 15.3 %) |
| ・Others |
18.0 (2.3 %) |
| Special Accounts |
479.7 |
| *up 4.2 % from the previous fiscal year |
|
| Land readjustment |
6.5 |
| National health insurance |
205.8 |
| Medical care for the elderly |
177.5 |
| Long-term care insurance |
87.7 |
| Other |
2.2 |
| Public Utility Accounts |
298.2 |
| *down 1.6% from the previous fiscal year |
|
| Hospital service |
25.4 |
| Central wholesale market |
5.5 |
| Transportation |
1.9 |
| Rapid transit system |
100.3 |
| Waterworks |
74.0 |
| Sewerage |
91.0 |
|
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City Assembly and Municipal Employees (2007)
| City assembly members, fixed number |
68 |
(DPJ･Citizens Coalition 22, LDP 21, Komei 11, JCP 6, Shimin Network 4, City Policy Reform Club 2, Liberal Democracy Restoration Society 2)
| Municipal government staff |
14,800 |
| Firefighting & Police (2006) |
|
| ・Fire stations |
10 |
| ・Fire station branches |
44 |
| ・Fire engines |
248 |
| ・Fire-fighting helicopter |
1 |
| ・Fires |
796 |
| *(deaths 24 / injured 99) |
|
| Road traffic accidents |
11,519 |
| *(deaths 42 / injured 13,843) |
|
| Recognized crimes |
31,313 |
| *(heinous crimes 193) |
|
| Arrested crimes |
10,550 |
| *(heinous crimes 128) |
|
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Chronological Timetable
| 1869 |
Kaitakushi (Development Commission) established
Commissioner Shima laid out the City of Sapporo |
| 1876 |
Sapporo Agricultural College (present Hokkaido University) inaugurated |
| 1878 |
Drill house for Sapporo Agricultural College (currently Clock Tower) completed |
| 1880 |
Hoheikan (guest house) opens
Train service begins between Sapporo and Otaru |
| 1922 |
Municipal administration adopted for Sapporo |
| 1927 |
Municipal streetcar service begins |
| 1930 |
Municipal bus service begins |
| 1937 |
Waterworks begins |
| 1950 |
1st Sapporo Snow Festival held |
| 1968 |
Centennial of the City of Sapporo |
| 1970 |
City’s population reaches one million |
| 1971 |
Underground Shopping Mall opened
Namboku subway line begins operation
City Hall rebuilt |
| 1972 |
11th Winter Olympic Games held
Sapporo designated as an “autonomous city” |
| 1976 |
Tozai subway line begins operation |
| 1982 |
1st Northern Intercity Conference held |
| 1984 |
Sapporo Int’l Trade Fair held |
| 1986 |
1st Winter Asian Games held
Sapporo’s Scheme for the 21st Century set up |
| 1987 |
Anti-studded tire regulation enacted |
| 1988 |
Toho subway line begins operation |
| 1989 |
44th National Athletic Meet held |
| 1990 |
2nd Winter Asian Games held
1st Pacific Music Festival (PMF) held |
| 1991 |
Winter Universiade ’91 Sapporo held |
| 1995 |
APEC Senior Official Meeting held |
| 1997 |
UN Conference on Disarmament Issues held |
| 1998 |
Moerenuma Park (planned by Isamu Noguchi) opened |
| 1999 |
50th Sapporo Snow Festival held |
| 2000 |
4th Sapporo Long-Term Comprehensive Plan (2000~2020) and 1st Five-Year
Plan (2000~2004) started |
| 2001 |
Sapporo Dome opened |
| 2002 |
PIARC 11th International Winter Road Congress held
FIFA World Cup™ held
DPI (Disabled People’s International) 6th World Assembly held |
| 2003 |
IUGG (Int’l Union of Geodesy and Geophysics) General Assembly held
Sapporo Convention Center opened |
| 2004 |
2nd United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues in Sapporo held |
| 2005 |
IX International Mammalogical Congress (IMC9) |
| 2006 |
The 17th World Children’s Baseball Fair 2006 in Hokkaido, Japan held
1st Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market held
The 16th International Microscopy Congress held
Digestive Disease Week-Japan 2006 held
Sapporo City University opened |
| 2007 |
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Sapporo 2007 held
The 19th United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues in Sapporo held |
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