Sumoto, Hyōgo

Infobox City Japan
Name= Sumoto
JapaneseName= 洲本市
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Region= Kansai
Prefecture= Hyōgo
District=
Area_km2= 182.47
PopDate= March 2008
Population= 50,087
Density_km2= 267
Coords=
LatitudeDegrees= 34
LatitudeMinutes= 21
LatitudeSeconds=
LongtitudeDegrees= 134
LongtitudeMinutes= 54
LongtitudeSeconds=
Tree= Pine
Flower= Narcissus and Rapeseed
Bird= Plover
Fish= Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius)
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SymbolDescription= Flag
Mayor= Jitsurō Yanagi
CityHallPostalCode= 656-8686
CityHallAddress= 3-4-10 Honmachi, Sumoto-shi, Hyōgo-ken
CityHallPhone= 0799-22-3321
CityHallLink= [http://www.city.sumoto.hyogo.jp/ Sumoto City]

nihongo|Sumoto|洲本市|Sumoto-shi is a city located on Awaji island and in Hyōgo, Japan. The city was founded on February 11, 1940.

As of March 31, 2008, the city has an estimated population of 50,087 and a density of 267 persons per km². The total area is 182.47 km².

On February 11, 2006 the town of Goshiki from Tsuna District merged with the old city of Sumoto to form the new city of Sumoto.

chools

There are many elementary schools. Tsushi, Torikai, Sakai, Hiroishi, and Aihara feed into Goshiki Junior High School.

There are six public junior high schools: Seiun, Suhama, Yura, Aiga, Nakagawara, and Goshiki.

There are several high schools: Sumoto, Sumoto Jitsugyou, Yanagi Gakuen.

External links

*ja icon [http://www.city.sumoto.hyogo.jp/ Sumoto official website]