Akita
Akita Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Its population is approximately 966,000 and its geographic area is 11,637 km2.
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Akita
Akita is the capital city of Akita Prefecture, Japan, and has been designated a core city since 1 April 1997. Photo: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 4.0.Yurihonjo
Yurihonjo is a city in southern Akita Prefecture. It was formed in 2005 by the merger of many towns: Chokai, Higashi Yuri, Nishime, Iwaki, Honjo, Yashima, and Yuri. Photo: Douglaspperkins, CC0.Odate
Ōdate is a city in Akita Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2020, the city has an estimated population of 71,558 in 31,634 households, and a population density of 82 persons per km2. Photo: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 4.0.Destinations
Yuzawa
Yuzawa is a city at the southeastern corner of Akita Prefecture, along the border with Yamagata and Miyagi. Photo: RickardA, CC0.Oga
Oga is a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 November 2019, the city has an estimated population of 26,930 in 12,880 households, and a population density of 110 persons per km2. Photo: kanegen, CC BY 2.0.Semboku
Semboku is a city in Akita prefecture. The areas of Kakunodate and Nyuto Onsen are destinations in their own rights and are covered in separate articles. Photo: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 3.0.Ugo
Ugo is a town located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 October 2021, the town had an estimated population of 14,011 in 5220 households, and a population density of 61 persons per km². Photo: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 4.0.Kakunodate
Kakunodate was a town located in Senboku District, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Photo: Hassan Abdel-Rahman, CC BY 2.0.Nyuto Onsen
Nyuto Onsen (乳頭温泉 is one of the popular hot spring resorts in Tohoku, situated in the deep mountain area of Tazawa Kogen plateau, Semboku, Akita. Photo: Fumiaki Yoshimatsu, CC BY-SA 2.0.Akita
Latitude of center 39.6899° or 39° 41' 23.6" north | Longitude of center 140.3426° or 140° 20' 33.4" east |
Population 1,110,000 | Elevation 493 metres (1,617 feet) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 752195636 | GeoNames ID 2113124 |
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Also Known As
- Achinese: Prefektur Akita
- Afrikaans: Akita-prefektuur
- Afrikaans: Akita Prefektuur
- Arabic: Akita
- Arabic: أكيتا
- Arabic: محافظة أكيتا
- Armenian: Ակիտա
- Asturian; Bable: Akita (Xapón)
- Asturian; Bable: Akita (prefeutura)
- Asturian; Bable: Akita
- Asturian; Bable: prefeutura d'Akita
- Azerbaijani: Akita prefekturası
- Bashkir: Акита (префектура)
- Basque: Akita
- Belarusian: Акіта (горад)
- Belarusian: Акіта (прэфектура)
- Belarusian: Акіта (прэфэктура)
- Belarusian: Акіта
- Belarusian: прэфектура Акіта
- Belarusian: прэфэктура Акіта
- Bengali: আকিতা প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল
- Bulgarian: Акита
- Catalan: Akita
- Catalan: Prefectura d'Akita
- Catalan: Prefectura dAkita
- Catalan: prefectura d'Akita
- Cebuano: Akita-ken
- Central Kurdish: ئاکیتا
- Chechen: Акита (префектура)
- Chechen: Акита
- Chinese: Akita-koān
- Chinese: 秋田
- Chinese: 秋田县
- Chinese: 秋田縣
- Croatian: Akita
- Czech: Prefektura Akita
- Czech: prefektura Akita
- Danish: Akita-præfekturet
- Dutch: Akita
- English: Akita Prefecture
- Esperanto: Akita
- Esperanto: Gubernio Akita
- Estonian: Akita prefektuur
- Finnish: Akita-ken
- Finnish: Akitan prefektuuri
- French: Akita
- French: Préfecture d'Akita
- French: Préfecture dAkita
- Gallegan: Prefectura de Akita
- Gan Chinese: 秋田县
- Georgian: აკიტის პრეფექტურა
- German: Akita
- German: JP-05
- German: Präfektur Akita
- Greek: Επαρχία Άκιτα
- Gujarati: અકિટા પ્રીફેકચર
- Hakka Chinese: Akita-yen
- Hausa: Akita-yen
- Hebrew: אקיטה
- Hindi: अकिता प्रीफ़ेक्चर
- Hungarian: Akita prefektúra
- Iloko: Akita
- Iloko: Prefectura ti Akita
- Iloko: Prepektura ti Akita
- Indonesian: Akita
- Indonesian: Prefektur Akita
- Irish: Maoracht Akita
- Italian: Prefettura di Akita
- Italian: prefettura di Akita
- Japanese: Akita-ken
- Japanese: あきた
- Japanese: あきたけん
- Japanese: アキタ
- Japanese: アキタケン
- Japanese: 秋田
- Japanese: 秋田県
- Javanese: Prefektur Akita
- Javanese: Préfèktur Akita
- Kannada: ಅಕಿಟಾ ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್
- Khmer: ខេត្តអាគីតា
- Khmer: អាណាខេត្ត អាគីតា
- Korean: 아키타 현
- Korean: 아키타현
- Korean: 추전 현
- Korean: 추전현
- Lao: Prepektura ti Akita
- Latvian: Akitas prefektūra
- Lithuanian: Akita prefektūra
- Lithuanian: Akitos prefektūra
- Macedonian: Акита
- Malay (generic): Akita
- Malay (generic): Wilayah Akita
- Manipuri: ꯑꯥꯀꯤꯇꯥ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢ
- Marathi: अकिता
- Marathi: अकिता प्रांत
- Min Dong Chinese: Akita-gâing
- Min Nan Chinese: Akita-koān
- Min Nan Chinese: Akita-kōan
- Min Nan Chinese: Akita Koān
- Mingrelian: აკიტაშ პრეფექტურა
- Mongolian: Акита
- Mongolian: ꯑꯥꯀꯤꯇꯥ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢ
- Northern Sami: Akita prefektuvra
- Norwegian: Akita
- Norwegian Bokmål: Akita
- Novial: Akita Prefecture
- Novial: Akita Prefekture
- Occitan (post 1500); Provençal: Prefectura d'Akita
- Pampanga: Akita Prefecture
- Pampanga: Prepektura ning Akita
- Panjabi: ਅਕਿਤਾ ਪ੍ਰੀਫੇਕਚਰ
- Persian: استان آکیتا
- Persian: استان اکیتا
- Polish: Akita
- Polish: JP-05
- Polish: Prefektura Akita
- Portuguese: Akita
- Portuguese: Akita-ken
- Romanian: Akita
- Romanian: Prefectura Akita
- Russian: Акита
- Scots: Akita Prefectur
- Serbian: Акита
- Serbian: Перфектура Акита
- Serbian: Префектура Акита
- Serbo-Croatian: Akita
- Serbo-Croatian: Prefektura Akita
- Sinhalese: අකිටා ප්රාන්තය
- Slovak: Akita
- Slovenian: prefektura Akita
- South Azerbaijani: آکیتا اوستانی
- Spanish: Akita
- Spanish: Akita Japon
- Spanish: Akita Japón
- Spanish: Prefectura de Akita
- Sundanese: Akita Prefecture
- Sundanese: Préféktur Akita
- Swahili (generic): Mkoa wa Akita
- Swedish: Akita
- Swedish: Akita prefektur
- Tagalog: Akita Prefecture
- Tagalog: Prepektura ng Akita
- Tagalog: Prepekturang Akita
- Tajik: Префектураи Акита
- Tamil: ஆகிட்டா ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுறே
- Tatar: Акита (префектура)
- Tatar: Акита
- Telugu: అకితా ప్రిఫెక్చర్
- Thai: จังหวัดอะกิตะ
- Thai: จังหวัดอากิตะ
- Turkish: Akita
- Turkish: Akita prefektörlüğü
- Uighur: ئاكىتا ناھىيىسى
- Ukrainian: Акіта
- Ukrainian: Префектура Акіта
- Urdu: اکیتا پریفیکچر
- Vietnamese: Akita
- Vietnamese: Quận Akita
- Vietnamese: Thu Điền Huyện
- Vietnamese: 秋田県
- Waray (Philippines): Akita
- Waray (Philippines): Akita Prefecture
- Welsh: Akita
- Western Panjabi: ضلع اکیٹا
- Wu Chinese: 秋田县
- Yue Chinese: 秋田
- Yue Chinese: 秋田县
- Yue Chinese: 秋田縣
- Akita Ken
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