Akaiwa

Akaiwa is a city located in , . As of 1 March 2023, the city had an estimated population of 43,359 in 18809 households and a population density of 210 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 209.36 square kilometres.
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  • Type: City with 42,900 residents
  • Description: city in Okayama Prefecture, Japan
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ryōgūzan Kofun and Seto.

Ruins
is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the city of Awaiwa, , in the San'in region of . The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1924 with the area under protection expanded in 1978 and again in 2006.

Railway stop
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
Station is a passenger railway station located in in the city of Okayama, , . It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company.

Police station

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Higashi-ku.

Suburb
is one of four wards of , , Japan. The ward has an area of 160.28 km2 and a population of 96,718. The population density is 603 per km2. is situated 8 km south of Akaiwa.

Akaiwa

Latitude
34.75534° or 34° 45′ 19″ north
Longitude
134.01882° or 134° 1′ 8″ east
Population
42,900
Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)
Open location code
8Q6PQ249+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1909488696
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
11612564
Wiki­data ID
Q415372
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Akaiwa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أكايوا، أوكاياما
  • Arabic: أكايوا
  • Asturian: Akaiwa
  • Bengali: আকিওয়া
  • Catalan: Akaiwa
  • Cebuano: Akaiwa Shi
  • Chechen: Акаива
  • Chinese: Akaiwa-chhī
  • Chinese: 赤磐
  • Chinese: 赤磐市
  • Czech: Akaiwa
  • Danish: Akaiwa
  • Dutch: Akaiwa
  • Finnish: Akaiwa
  • French: Akaiwa, Okayama
  • French: Akaiwa
  • Galician: Akaiwa
  • German: Akaiwa
  • Greek: Ακάιβα
  • Gujarati: અકૈવા
  • Hindi: अकाईवा
  • Hungarian: Akaiva
  • Indonesian: Akaiwa, Okayama
  • Indonesian: Akaiwa
  • Irish: Akaiwa
  • Italian: Akaiwa
  • Japanese: Akaiwa-shi
  • Japanese: あかいわし
  • Japanese: 赤磐
  • Japanese: 赤磐市
  • Kannada: ಅಕೈವಾ
  • Korean: 아카이와시
  • Latvian: Akaiva
  • Literary Chinese: 赤磐市
  • Lithuanian: Akaiva
  • Malay: Akaiwa
  • Marathi: अकाईवा
  • Mazanderani: آکایوا، اوکایاما
  • Mazanderani: آکایوا
  • Min Nan Chinese: Akaiwa-chhī
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Akaiwa
  • Persian: آکایوا، اوکایاما
  • Persian: آکایوا
  • Persian: اکایوا، اوکایاما
  • Polish: Akaiwa
  • Portuguese: Akaiwa
  • Romanian: Akaiwa, okayama
  • Romanian: Akaiwa
  • Russian: Акаива
  • Sinhala: අකයිවා
  • Slovak: Akaiwa
  • South Azerbaijani: آکایوا، اوکایاما
  • Spanish: Akaiwa
  • Swedish: Akaiwa
  • Tagalog: Akaiwa
  • Tajik: Акаиуа
  • Tamil: அக்கைவா
  • Tatar: Акаива
  • Telugu: అకైవా
  • Thai: อากาอิวะ
  • Turkish: Akaiwa
  • Ukrainian: Акаїва
  • Urdu: اکایوا
  • Vietnamese: Akaiwa, Okayama
  • Vietnamese: Akaiwa
  • Waray (Philippines): Akaiwa, Okayama
  • Waray (Philippines): Akaiwa
  • Yue Chinese: 赤磐

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