Obihiro

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Obihiro 帯広市
City
Flag Seal
Location of Obihiro in Hokkaido (Tokachi Subprefecture)
Obihiro Location in Japan
Coordinates: 42°55′N 143°12′E / 42.917°N 143.200°E / 42.917; 143.200
Country	Japan
Region	Hokkaido
Prefecture	Hokkaido (Tokachi Subprefecture)
First official recorded	1635 AD
City settled	April 1, 1933
Government
• Mayor	Norihisa Yonezawa　(since April 2010)
Area
• Total	619.34 km2 (239.13 sq mi)
Population  (July 31, 2023)
• Total	163,084
• Density	260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address	West 5 South 7-1, Obihiro-shi, Hokkaidō 080-8670
Website	www.city.obihiro.hokkaido.jp
Symbols
Bird	Lark
Flower	Fritillaria camschatcensis
Tree	Japanese white birch

Obihiro (帯広市, Obihiro-shi) is a city in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Obihiro is the only designated city in the Tokachi area. As of July 31, 2023, the city had an estimated population of 163,084. The next most populous municipality in Tokachi is the adjacent town of Otofuke, with less than a third of Obihiro's population. The city had approximately 500 foreign residents in 2008.^[1] The city contains the headquarters of the Fifth Division of the Northern Army of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. It also hosts the Rally Japan World Rally Championship-event.

In 2008, Obihiro was designated a "model environmental city" in Japan.^[2]