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Kushiro
Kushiro; 釧路市
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	Location of Kushiro in Hokkaidō (Kushiro)
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	Coordinates: 42°59′N 144°23′E / 42.983°N 144.383°E
Country	Japan
Region	Hokkaidō
Prefecture	Hokkaidō (Kushiro)
	Government
- Mayor	Yoshitaka Itō
	Area
- Total	1,362.75 km2 (526.2 sq mi)
Population; (March 2008)	189,539
- Density	140/km2 (362.6/sq mi)
	City Symbols
- Tree	Syringa reticulata
- Flower	Nasturtium
Website	Kushiro City
Phone number	0154-23-5151
	Address 7-5 Kuroganechō, Kushiro-shi, Hokkaidō; 085-8505

This article is about the city in Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan. There are an adjacent town Kushiro (town) and a district Kushiro (district) with the same name.

City central

Kushiro Marsh

Kushiro (釧路市, Kushiro-shi^?) is a city located in Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is the capital city of Kushiro Subprefecture, as well as the most populous city in eastern Hokkaidō.

On October 11, 2005 the town of Akan, from Akan District, and the town of Onbetsu, from Shiranuka District, was merged into Kushiro.

In 2008 the city had an estimated population of 189,539 and a total area of 1,362.75 km², giving a population density of 140 persons per km².

Kushiro has the Kushiro Airport.

Kushiro was accorded city status on 1 August 1922. It is the sister city of Burnaby, British Columbia, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, and Kholmsk, Russia. ^[1]

[edit] History

1869 Kusuri becomes Kushiro.
1900 Kushiro becomes a First Class Municipality Kushiro Town
1920 Kushiro Town becomes Kushiro-ku. Kushiro Village (now Town) splits off
1922 Kushiro-ku becomes Kushiro City
2005 Kushiro City, Akan Town, and Onbetsu Town merged to form the new city named Kushiro City