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{{Short description|Dissolved municipality in Tochigi prefecture, Japan}}
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[[File:Map.Awano-Town.Tochigi.PNG|thumb|Map of Awano, Tochigi]]

[[Image:awanoparty.jpg|thumb|right|A Welcoming Ceremony held for Students of [[Grand Forks, North Dakota]] in Awano, Japan.]]

{{nihongo|'''Awano'''|粟野町|Awano-machi}} was a [[List of towns in Japan|town]] located in [[Kamitsuga District, Tochigi|Kamitsuga District]], [[Tochigi Prefecture]], [[Japan]].

As of 2003, the town has an estimated [[population]] of 10,278 and a [[population density|density]] of 57.96 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area is 177.32&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

On January 1, 2006, Awano was merged into the expanded city of [[Kanuma, Tochigi|Kanuma]].

The town is part of a [[Sister City]] program with [[Grand Forks, North Dakota]] in the [[United States]]. Each fall, a delegation of Japanese Students visits Grand Forks and stays with a host student. In the spring of the following year, the [[United States|American]] students stay with their [[Japanese people|Japanese]] host brother or sister in Awano. This program began in 1994, and led to the eventual [[Sister City]] program with Grand Forks.

==External links==
* [http://www.city.kanuma.tochigi.jp/ Kanuma official website] {{in lang|ja}}
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[[Category:Dissolved municipalities of Tochigi Prefecture]]

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