Akabira
Akabira (赤平市, Akabira-shi) is a city located in central Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. The name is Ainu for "mountain ridge".
Akabira 赤平市 | |
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![]() Location of Akabira in Hokkaido (Sorachi Subprefecture) | |
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Coordinates: 43°33′N 142°3′E | |
Country | Japan |
Region | Hokkaido |
Prefecture | Hokkaido (Sorachi Subprefecture) |
Government | |
• Mayor | Yoshitaka Kikushima |
Area | |
• Total | 129.88 km2 (50.15 sq mi) |
Population (April 30, 2017) | |
• Total | 10,686 |
• Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) |
Symbols | |
• Tree | Maple |
• Flower | Lily |
• Bird | Varied tit |
Time zone | UTC+9 (JST) |
City hall address | 4-1 Izumimachi, Akabira-shi, Hokkaidō 079-1192 |
Website | www |
As of April 30, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 10,686, and the density of 82 persons per km2.[1] The total area is 129.88 km2. The city was once a prosperous coal-mining city, its population reaching 59,430 in 1960. The population has been gradually declining.
History
- 1891 - Settlement begins.
- 1918 - Moshiri Coal Mine opens.
- 1922 - Second-class municipality Akabira Village split off of first-class municipality Utashinai.
- 1929 - Akabira becomes a First-Class municipality.
- 1937 - Shōwa Denkō Toyosato Mine opened.
- 1938 - Sumitomo Coal Mine, Hokkaido Coal Mine Railroad and Akama Coal Mine opened.
- 1943 - Akabira Village becomes Akabira Town.
- July 1, 1954 - Akabira Town becomes Akabira City.
- 1967 - Shōwa Denkō Toyosato Mine closed.
- 1969 - Moshiri Coal Mine closed.
- 1973 - Akama Coal Mine closed.
- 1994 - Sumitomo Coal Mine closed.
- 2003 - Mid-Sorachi Merger Committee established.
- 2007 - A major elementary school in Akabira closed down. It once had about 5000 students but has dropped rapidly after the closure of the coal mines.
Neighbourhoods
- Akabira (赤平)
- Erumuchō (エルム町)
- Higashibunkyōchō (東文京町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- Higashiōmachi (東大町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- Higashitoyosatochō (東豊里町)
- Hiragishi-Akebonochō (平岸曙町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- 6 chōme (6丁目)
- Hiragishi-Higashimachi (平岸東町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- 6 chōme (6丁目)
- Hiragishi-Katsurachō (平岸桂町)
- Hiragishi-Minamimachi (平岸南町)
- Hiragishi-Nakamachi (平岸仲町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- 6 chōme (6丁目)
- Hiragishi-Nishimachi (平岸西町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- 6 chōme (6丁目)
- Hiragishi-Shinkōchō (平岸新光町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- 6 chōme (6丁目)
- 7 chōme (7丁目)
- 8 chōme (8丁目)
- 9 chōme (9丁目)
- Hoeichō (豊栄町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- Honchō (本町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- Horookachō (幌岡町)
- Hyakkochō-higashi (百戸町東)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- Hyakkochō-kita (百戸町北)
- Hyakkochō-nishi (百戸町西)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- 6 chōme (6丁目)
- Izumimachi (泉町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- Kitabunkyōchō (北文京町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- Kyōwachō (共和町)
- Misonochō (美園町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- Miyashitachō (宮下町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- Mojiri (茂尻)
- Mojiriasahimachi (茂尻旭町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- Mojirichūōchō-kita (茂尻中央町北)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- Mojirichūōchō-minami (茂尻中央町南)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- 6 chōme (6丁目)
- Mojirihonchō (茂尻本町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- Mojirikasugachō (茂尻春日町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- Mojirimiyashitachō (茂尻宮下町)
- Mojirimotomachi-kita (茂尻元町北)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- 6 chōme (6丁目)
- Mojirimotomachi-minami (茂尻元町南)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- Mojirisakaemachi (茂尻栄町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- Mojirishinkasugachō (茂尻新春日町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- Mojirishinmachi (茂尻新町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- Nishibunkyōchō (西文京町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- Nishikimachi (錦町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- Nishitoyosatochō (西豊里町)
- Ōmachi (大町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- Sakuragichō (桜木町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- Saiwaichō (幸町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- 6 chōme (6丁目)
- 7 chōme (7丁目)
- Showachō (昭和町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- 6 chōme (6丁目)
- Sumiyoshichō (住吉町)
- Toyookachō (豊丘町)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- Toyosato (豊里)
- Wakakichō-higashi (若木町東)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- 6 chōme (6丁目)
- 7 chōme (7丁目)
- 8 chōme (8丁目)
- 9 chōme (9丁目)
- Wakakichō-kita (若木町北)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- 6 chōme (6丁目)
- 7 chōme (7丁目)
- 8 chōme (8丁目)
- Wakakichō-minami (若木町南)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- Wakakichō-nishi (若木町西)
- 1 chōme (1丁目)
- 2 chōme (2丁目)
- 3 chōme (3丁目)
- 4 chōme (4丁目)
- 5 chōme (5丁目)
- 6 chōme (6丁目)
Transportation
Friendship cities
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References
- "Official website of Akabira City" (in Japanese). Japan: Akabira City. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- Friendship cities of Akabira
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