Editing Sodegaura (section)

{{short description|City in Kantō, Japan}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
| name                    = Sodegaura
| native_name             = {{nobold|{{lang|ja|袖ヶ浦市}}}}
| official_name           = 
| native_name_lang        = ja
| settlement_type         = [[Cities of Japan|City]]
<!-- images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Sodegaura-City-Hall.JPG
| imagesize               = 
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Sodegaura City Hall
| image_flag              = Flag of Sodegaura Chiba.svg
| flag_alt                = 
| image_seal              = Emblem of Sodegaura, Chiba.svg
| seal_alt                = 
| image_shield            = 
| shield_alt              = 
| image_blank_emblem      = 
| nickname                = 
| motto                   = 
<!-- maps and coordinates -->
| image_map               = Sodegaura in Chiba Prefecture Ja.svg
| map_alt                 = 
| map_caption             = Location of Sodegaura in Chiba Prefecture
| pushpin_map             = Japan
| pushpin_label_position  = <!-- position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| pushpin_map_alt         = 
| pushpin_map_caption     = &nbsp;
| coordinates             = {{coord|35|25|48|N|139|57|15.9|E|region:JP|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint           = <!-- to specify exact location of coordinates (was coor_type) -->
| coordinates_footnotes   = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
<!-- location -->
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Japan]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[List of regions of Japan|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Kantō region|Kantō]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Prefectures of Japan|Prefecture]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]]
| subdivision_type3       = 
| subdivision_name3       = 
<!-- established -->
| established_title       = <!-- Settled -->
| established_date        = 
| founder                 = 
| named_for               = 
<!-- seat, smaller parts -->
| seat_type               = <!-- defaults to: Seat -->
| seat                    = 
<!-- government type, leaders -->
| government_footnotes    = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| leader_party            = 
| leader_title            = Mayor
| leader_name             = Tomohiro Kasuya (since November 2019)
| leader_title1           = 
| leader_name1            = 
<!-- display settings  -->
| total_type              = <!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows -->
| unit_pref               = <!-- enter: Imperial, to display imperial before metric -->
<!-- area -->
| area_magnitude          = <!-- use only to set a special wikilink -->
| area_footnotes          = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| area_total_km2          = 94.93
| area_land_km2           = 
| area_water_km2          = 
| area_water_percent      = 
| area_note               = 
<!-- elevation -->
| elevation_footnotes     = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_m             = 
<!-- population -->
| population_footnotes    = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| population_total        = 64901
| population_as_of        = November 1, 2020
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_est          = 
| pop_est_as_of           = 
| population_demonym      = <!-- demonym, i.e. Liverpudlian for someone from Liverpool -->
| population_note         = 
<!-- time zone(s) -->
| timezone1               = [[Japan Standard Time]]
| utc_offset1             = +9
| timezone1_DST           = 
| utc_offset1_DST         = 
<!-- postal codes, area code -->
| postal_code_type        = 
| postal_code             = 
| area_code_type          = <!-- defaults to: Area code(s) -->
| area_code               = 
<!-- blank fields (section 1) -->
| blank_name_sec1         = Symbols
| blank_info_sec1         = &nbsp;
| blank1_name_sec1        = • Tree
| blank1_info_sec1        = ''[[Castanopsis]]''
| blank2_name_sec1        = • Flower
| blank2_info_sec1        = ''[[Lilium auratum]]''
| blank3_name_sec1        = • Bird
| blank3_info_sec1        = [[Japanese bush-warbler]]
| blank4_name_sec1        = 
| blank4_info_sec1        = 
| blank5_name_sec1        = 
| blank5_info_sec1        = 
| blank6_name_sec1        = 
| blank6_info_sec1        = 
| blank7_name_sec1        = 
| blank7_info_sec1        = 
<!-- blank fields (section 2) -->
| blank_name_sec2         = Phone&nbsp;number
| blank_info_sec2         = 0438-62-2111
| blank1_name_sec2        = Address
| blank1_info_sec2        = 1-1 Sakato Ichiba, Sodegaura-shi, Chiba-ken 299-0292
<!-- website, footnotes -->
| website                 = {{Official|1=http://www.city.sodegaura.lg.jp/}}
| footnotes               = 
}}
[[file:Sodegaura park-Chiba 袖ヶ浦公園-DSCF7066.JPG|right|thumb|260px|Sodegaura park]]

{{nihongo|'''Sodegaura'''|袖ヶ浦市|Sodegaura-shi}} is a [[Cities of Japan|city]] located in [[Chiba Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. {{As of|2020|11|01}}, the city had an estimated [[population]] of  64,901 in 28,156 households and a [[population density]] of 680 persons per km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="Sodegaura-hp">{{cite web |url=https://www.city.sodegaura.lg.jpl |title= Sodegaura city official statistics|location= Japan|language= ja}}</ref> The total area of the city is {{convert|94.92|sqkm|sqmi}}.