Ako
Akō is a city located in southwestern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 May 2022, the city had an estimated population of 45,747 in 20,563 households and a population density of 360 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 126.85 square kilometres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Akō Castle and Banshū-Akō Station.
Akō Castle
Castle
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Akō Castle is a former flatland Japanese castle located in the city of Akō, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Built by the Asano clan in the Edo period, it was the center of Akō Domain in western Harima Province.
Banshū-Akō Station
Railway station
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Banshū-Akō Station is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Akō, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company.
Sakoshi Station
Railway station
Photo: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sakoshi Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Akō, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company.
Ako
- Categories: city of Japan and locality
- Location: Hyogo, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.7549° or 34° 45′ 18″ northLongitude
134.3903° or 134° 23′ 25″ eastPopulation
47,500Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)Open location code
8Q6PQ93R+X4OpenStreetMap ID
node 721818401OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
1865412Wikidata ID
Q424813
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Ako” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أكو، هيوغو”
- Arabic: “أكو”
- Asturian: “Akō”
- Belarusian: “Ако”
- Bengali: “আঁকো”
- Catalan: “Akō”
- Cebuano: “Akō Shi”
- Cebuano: “Kariya”
- Chechen: “Ако (гӀала)”
- Chechen: “Ако”
- Chinese: “Akô-chhī”
- Chinese: “赤穗”
- Chinese: “赤穗市”
- Czech: “Akó”
- Danish: “Ako”
- Dutch: “Ako”
- Dutch: “Akō”
- Estonian: “Akō”
- Finnish: “Akō”
- French: “Akō”
- Galician: “Akō”
- German: “Ako”
- German: “Akō”
- Greek: “Ακόου”
- Gujarati: “એકો”
- Hindi: “एको”
- Hungarian: “Akó”
- Icelandic: “Akō”
- Indonesian: “Ako City”
- Indonesian: “Akō-shi”
- Indonesian: “Ako, Hyogo”
- Indonesian: “Ako”
- Irish: “Akō”
- Italian: “Ako”
- Italian: “Akō”
- Japanese: “Ako-shi”
- Japanese: “仮屋”
- Japanese: “播州赤穂”
- Japanese: “赤穂市”
- Kannada: “ಅಕೋ”
- Korean: “아코시”
- Latvian: “Ako”
- Literary Chinese: “赤穗市”
- Lithuanian: “Akas”
- Lithuanian: “Ako”
- Malay: “Ako, Hyogo”
- Malay: “Akō, Hyōgo”
- Malay: “Akō”
- Marathi: “एको”
- Mazanderani: “آکو، هیوگو”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Akô-chhī”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ako”
- Persian: “آکو، هیوگو”
- Persian: “اکو، هیوگو”
- Polish: “Akō”
- Portuguese: “Ako”
- Romanian: “Ako, hyogo”
- Romanian: “Ako, Hyogo”
- Romanian: “Akō”
- Russian: “Ако (город)”
- Russian: “Ако”
- Sinhala: “අකෝ”
- South Azerbaijani: “آکو، هیوقو”
- Spanish: “Akō-shi”
- Spanish: “Ako”
- Spanish: “Akō”
- Spanish: “Ciudad de Ako”
- Swedish: “Akō, Hyōgo”
- Swedish: “Akō”
- Tagalog: “Ako, Hyogo”
- Tagalog: “Akō, Hyōgo”
- Tajik: “Ако”
- Tamil: “அக்கோ”
- Tatar: “Ако”
- Telugu: “ఏకో”
- Thai: “อาโก”
- Turkish: “Akō”
- Ukrainian: “Ако”
- Urdu: “اکو”
- Uzbek: “Akō”
- Vietnamese: “Akō, Hyōgo”
- Waray (Philippines): “Akō, Hyōgo”
- Yue Chinese: “赤穗”
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