Akabira赤平市
Akabira-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Akabira (赤平市, Akabira-shi) is a city in Hokkaidō Prefecture. Population 9,698 (2020 census), area 129.88 km². Borders 5 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Hokkaidō Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 赤平市
- Reading
- Akabira-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Region
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Population
- 9,698 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -12.7% from 11,105
- Area
- 129.88 km²
- Density
- 75 people per km²
- Households
- 4,494
- Under 15
- 6.3%
- 65 and over
- 49.0%
- Foreign residents
- 67 (0.7%)
- Code
- 01218 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.akabira.hokkaido.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Akabira. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Akabira
- Is Akabira a city or a prefecture?
- Akabira (赤平市) is a city (市, shi) in Hokkaidō Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Akabira?
- Akabira is in Hokkaidō Prefecture (北海道), in the Hokkaidō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Akabira?
- 9,698 at the 2020 census, down 12.7% from 11,105 in 2015. The area is 129.88 km², which is 75 people per km². 4,494 households. 49.0% of residents are 65 or older and 6.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Akabira?
- Five: Ashibetsu City (芦別市), Takikawa City (滝川市), Sunagawa City (砂川市), Utashinai City (歌志内市), and Fukagawa City (深川市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Akabira in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Akabira written in Japanese?
- 赤平市, read Akabira-shi. The last character, 市 (shi), is the word for city, and the name is often used without it in English.
- How does an address in Akabira begin?
- 北海道赤平市… (Hokkaidō, Akabira-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.
Boundaries and neighbours: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population, households, and age groups: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査). Area: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (全国都道府県市区町村別面積調, 2020). Website and Wikipedia links: Wikidata.