Akan district
Akan is a district in Kushiro Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It includes Akan National Park, which has many dormant volcanoes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: district of Japan
- Description: district in Hokkaido, Japan
- Also known as: “Akan” and “Akan District, Hokkaido”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tsurui.
Tsurui
Village
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Tsurui is a village located in Kushiro Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan. As of 30 November 2025, the village had an estimated population of 2,362 in 1186 households, and a population density of 2.1 people per km2. Tsurui is situated 4 km southeast of Akan district.
Akan district
- Location: Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Akan district from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Akan district” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة أكان،هوكايدو”
- Cebuano: “Akan-gun”
- Chinese: “阿寒郡”
- Dutch: “Akan District, Hokkaidō”
- French: “district d’Akan”
- French: “District d’Akan”
- German: “Akan Bezirk, Hokkaidō”
- Hungarian: “Akan körzet”
- Iloko: “Distrito ti Akan, Hokkaido”
- Iloko: “Distrito ti Akan”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Akan, Hokkaido”
- Italian: “Distretto di Akan”
- Japanese: “あかんぐん”
- Japanese: “阿寒郡”
- Korean: “아칸군”
- Lithuanian: “Akano apskritis”
- Persian: “شهرستان آکان، هوکایدو”
- Polish: “Powiat Akan”
- Portuguese: “Distrito de Akan”
- Russian: “Округ Акан, Хоккайдо”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Akan, Hokkaidō”
- Thai: “อำเภออากัง”
- Ukrainian: “Повіт Акан”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tsurui and Nakasetsuri-nishi.
Notable Places Nearby
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