page_title: Hamamatsu
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Hamamatsu / Economy
context_page_description: Hamamatsu is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 December 2019, the city had an estimated population of 791,707 in 340,591 households, making it the prefecture's largest city, and a population density of 508 persons per km². The total area of the site was 1,558.06 km². Hamamatsu is a member of the World Health Organization’s Alliance for Healthy Cities.
context_section_description: Hamamatsu has been famous as an industrial city, especially for musical instruments and motorcycles. It also has been known for fabric industry, but most of those companies and factories went out of business in the 1990s. As of 2010, Greater Hamamatsu, Hamamatsu Metropolitan Employment Area, has a GDP of US$54.3 billion.
  2014 Hamamatsu's GDP per capita(PPP) was US$41,470.
caption: A map showing Hamamatsu Metropolitan Employment Area.