Ako赤穂市
Ako-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Ako (赤穂市, Ako-shi) is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture. Population 45,892 (2020 census), area 126.85 km². Borders 3 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Hyōgo Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 赤穂市
- Reading
- Ako-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hyōgo 兵庫県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 45,892 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.5% from 48,567
- Area
- 126.85 km²
- Density
- 362 people per km²
- Households
- 18,911
- Under 15
- 11.4%
- 65 and over
- 33.2%
- Foreign residents
- 367 (0.8%)
- Code
- 28212 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.ako.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Ako. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Ako
- Is Ako a city or a prefecture?
- Ako (赤穂市) is a city (市, shi) in Hyōgo Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Ako?
- Ako is in Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県), in the Kansai region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Ako?
- 45,892 at the 2020 census, down 5.5% from 48,567 in 2015. The area is 126.85 km², which is 362 people per km². 18,911 households. 33.2% of residents are 65 or older and 11.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Ako?
- Three: Aioi City (相生市), Kamigori Town (上郡町), and Bizen City (備前市) in Okayama. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Ako in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Ako written in Japanese?
- 赤穂市, read Ako-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 Ako begin?
- 兵庫県赤穂市… (Hyōgo-ken, Ako-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.