Iwaki is a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, in the Tohoku region, and is the largest city in the prefecture by land area, covering about 1,232 square kilometers. It was formed in 1966 through the merger of fourteen municipalities and was designated a core city in 1999. As of August 2023 it had a population of about 322,019. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Founding Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Iwaki, Fukushima (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 336,111 (2021)
2. 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 37.25, 140.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.25, 140.75
37.25 140.75 Cfa
3. GeoNames: Iwaki - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2112539, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 2112539, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
37.05 140.88333 P PPLA2 JP 08 2112535 357309 9 Asia/Tokyo
Iwaki, Fukushima (Wikipedia)
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Iwaki (いわき市, Iwaki-shi) is a city located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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