Akaiwa

Akaiwa is a city in Okayama Prefecture, Japan, written 赤磐市 and read Akaiwa-shi in Japanese. As of 1 March 2023 the city had an estimated population of 43,359 living in 18,809 households, which works out to a population density of about 210 persons per square kilometre. Its total area is 209.36 square kilometres, or about 80.83 square miles, so it is a mid-sized municipality with a fairly open settlement pattern. The entry here rests on the opening section of the English Wikipedia article, which gives the location, the population figures and the area, and the entry says no more than that source supports.