is a
city
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located in
Okayama Prefecture,
Japan.
The modern city of Asakuchi was established on March 21, 2006, from the merger of the towns of
Kamogata,
Konkō and
Yorishima (all from
Asakuchi District).
As of 2019, the city has an estimated
population
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of 34,263, with 14,236
household
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s and a
population density
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of 530 persons per km².
The total area is .
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Asakuchi is
twinned with:
*
City of Tea Tree Gully
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, Australia (2007)
*
Gao'an
Gao'an () is a county-level city in the northwest-central part of Jiangxi province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Yichun, and is located about 35 kilometers west from Nanchang, the provincial capital. It cove ...
, China (2009)
References
External links
Asakuchi City official website
Cities in Okayama Prefecture
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