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Encyclopedia > Akabira, Hokkaido

Akabira (赤平市; -shi) is a city located in central Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. The name is Ainu for Mountain Ridge. This article is about the Japanese municipality system. ... Sorachi subprefecture (空知支庁) is located Hokkaido, Japan. ... Hokkaido Prefecture have branch offices called 支庁 (shicho) in Japanese, which can be translated in English as subprefectures. ... Hokkaido  listen (北海道 Hokkaidō, literal meaning: North Sea Route, Ainu: Mosir), formerly known as Ezo, is the second largest island of Japan. ...


As of 2004, the city has an estimated population of 15,013 and the density of 115.59 persons per km². The total area is 129.88 km². The city was once a prosperous coal-mining city, its population reaching 59,430 in 1960. The population has been gradually declining. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...


History

  • 1891 Settlement begins
  • 1918 Moshiri Coal Mine opens
  • 1922 Second-class municipality Akabira Village split off of first-class municipality Utashinai
  • 1929 Akabira becomes a First-Class municipality
  • 1937 Shōwa Denkō Toyosato Mine opened
  • 1938 Sumitomo Coal Mine, Hokkaidō Coal Mine Railroad and Akama Coal Mine opened
  • 1943 Akabira Village becomes Akabira Town
  • July 1, 1954 Akabira Town becomes Akabira City
  • 1967 Shōwa Denkō Toyosato Mine closesd
  • 1969 Moshiri Coal Mine closed
  • 1973 Akema Coal Mine closed
  • 1994 Sumitomo Coal Mine closed
  • 2003 Mid-Sorachi Merger Committee established.

1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Utashinai (歌志内市; -shi) is a city located in Hokkaido. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External link

  • Official website in Japanese
  Hokkaido Prefecture Symbol of Hokkaido Prefecture
Subprefectures
Abashiri | Hidaka | Hiyama | Iburi | Ishikari | Kamikawa | Kushiro | Nemuro | Oshima | Rumoi | Shiribeshi | Sorachi | Soya | Tokachi
Cities
Abashiri | Akabira | Asahikawa | Ashibetsu | Bibai | Chitose | Date | Ebetsu | Eniwa | Fukagawa | Furano | Hakodate | Ishikari | Iwamizawa | Kitahiroshima | Kitami | Kushiro | Mikasa | Monbetsu | Muroran | Nayoro | Nemuro | Noboribetsu | Obihiro | Otaru | Rumoi | Sapporo | Shibetsu | Sunagawa | Takikawa | Tomakomai | Utashinai | Wakkanai | Yubari
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北海道赤平市 English Site (887 words)
To the east of Akabira city is Ashibestu city, to the west is Takikawa city, to the south is Utashinai city, and to the north is Fukagawa city.
Akabira is also promoted as being a town of flowers, when spring comes flowers bloom all across town.
Akabira has a rich natural environment, and today it continues to develop into a city which embraces it’s coal-mining history which made the town flourish as well as welcoming the new.
Charm of Hokkaido (815 words)
Hokkaido cannot compare with Hyogo for proportion of golf course area to total prefectural area, however, because of the hordes of golfers in the Kansai area.
Hokkaido's rate of elementary and junior high schools equipped with swimming pools is the lowest in Japan.
Yagishiri Island, in Haboro-cho of the Rumoi district, is known for its thick primeval forest of onko.
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