Ako

Akō is a city located in southwestern , 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.
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  • City with 47,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 5 metres (16 feet)
  • Description: city in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as
    “Akaho”
    “Ako City”
    “Akō-shi”
    “Akō, Hyōgo”
  • Neighbors

Places of Interest

Highlights include Akō Castle and Banshū-Akō Station.

Castle
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is a former flatland Japanese castle located in the city of Akō, , Japan.

Railway station
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a junction passenger railway…

Railway station
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is a passenger railway station located…

Ako

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Latitude
34.7549° or 34° 45′ 18″ north
Longitude
134.3903° or 134° 23′ 25″ east
Open location code
8Q6PQ93R+X4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 721818401
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1865412
Wiki­data ID
Q424813

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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: “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: “Akō-shi”
  • Japanese: “あこうし”
  • 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: “آکو”
  • 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، ہیوگو”
  • Urdu: “اکو”
  • Uzbek: “Akō”
  • Vietnamese: “Akō, Hyōgo”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Akō, Hyōgo”
  • Yue Chinese: “赤穗”
  • “Akou-shi”

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