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Tenryū 天竜市
Former municipality
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Location of Tenryū in Shizuoka Prefecture
Tenryū Location in Japan
Coordinates: 34°51′38″N 137°48′49″E / 34.860659°N 137.813658°E / 34.860659; 137.813658
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu (Tōkai)
Prefecture	Shizuoka Prefecture
Merged	July 1, 2005 (now part of Hamamatsu)
Area
• Total	181.65 km² (70.14 sq mi)
Population (April 1, 2005)
• Total	22,643
• Density	124.65/km² (322.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)

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Bird	Grey wagtail
Flower	Lilium auratum
Tree	Cryptomeria

Tenryū (天竜市, Tenryū-shi) was a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Tenryū was founded on November 3, 1958.

On April 1, 2005, the city had an estimated population of 22,643 and a density of 124.65 persons per km². The total area was 181.65 km². It is now part of Tenryū-ku when the city of Hamamatsu became a designated city on April 1, 2007.

On July 1, 2005, Tenryū, along with the city of Hamakita, the town of Haruno (from Shūchi District, the towns of Hosoe, Inasa and Mikkabi (all from Inasa District), the towns of Sakuma and Misakubo, the village of Tatsuyama (all from Iwata District), and the towns of Maisaka and Yūtō (both from Hamana District), was merged into the expanded city of Hamamatsu.^[1]^[2]

Tenryū was served by two railway lines: Nishi-Kajima Station on the Enshū Railway Line and Tenryū-Futamata Station on the Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Tenryū Hamanako Line.

References

^ 浜松市. "合併の経緯". 浜松市公式ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-07. 平成17年7月1日、浜松市、浜北市、天竜市、舞阪町、雄踏町、細江町、引佐町、三ヶ日町、春野町、佐久間町、水窪町及び龍山村の12市町村が合併して、新しい浜松市が誕生しました。
^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 142. Tenryu-shi, Hamakita-shi, Haruno-cho, Tatsuyama-mura, Sakuma-cho, Misakubo-cho, Maisaka-cho, Yuto-cho, Hosoe-cho, Inasa-cho，and　Mikkabi-cho were incorporated into Hamamatsu-shi as of July 1, 2005.

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Hamamatsu official website (in Japanese)

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