Amagasaki is an industrial city in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, in the Kansai region immediately adjacent to Osaka. As of November 2022 it had about 455,555 residents over roughly 51 square kilometers, one of the highest population densities in the prefecture, and it ranks fourth in prefecture population behind Kobe, Himeji and Nishinomiya. It grew from a town established in 1889 into a core part of the Hanshin Industrial Region, reaching city status in 1916 and core city designation in 2009.
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Founding Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Amagasaki (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 455,555 (2022)
2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 34.7338,135.4063
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results, elevationQuote, results, elevation
"elevation": 6.0
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 34.75, 135.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 34.75, 135.25
34.75 135.25 Cfa
4. GeoNames: Amagasaki - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1865387, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 1865387, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
34.71667 135.41667 P PPLA2 JP 13 1865383 459593 1 Asia/Tokyo
Amagasaki (Wikipedia)
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Amagasaki (尼崎市, Amagasaki-shi) is an industrial city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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