is a
city
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located in
Okayama Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,906,464 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefectur ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
.
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 of 34,263, with 14,236
households and a
population density of 530 persons per km².
The total area is .
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Asakuchi is
twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
*
City of Tea Tree Gully, Australia (2007)
*
Gao'an, China (2009)
References
External links
Asakuchi City official website
Cities in Okayama Prefecture
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