Akabira (赤平市; -shi) is a city located in central SorachiSubprefecture, 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). ...
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. ...
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.
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.