Okayama is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chugoku region of Japan, founded on June 1, 1889. The Okayama metropolitan area centered on the city has the largest urban employment zone in the Chugoku region, and as of February 2023 the city had an estimated population of 700,940 and a population density of 890 people per square kilometer across a total area of 789.95 square kilometers.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Latitude34.655111 degrees north 2 Longitude133.919583 degrees east 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Connections
Capital Of
Source GeoNames: Okayama - GeoNames
Sources
1. Okayama (Wikipedia)
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As of February 2023, the city has an estimated population of 700,940 and a population density of 890 people per km2.
2. Okayama (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 34.655111, longitude 133.919583
P2046 (area)
area 789.0 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1889
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source3. GeoNames: Okayama - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1854383
34.65 133.93333 P PPLA JP 31 1854380 33102 724691 5 Asia/Tokyo
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 5 m
Capital Of: Okayama Prefecture, cities500 record 1854383, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 31)
34.65 133.93333 P PPLA JP 31 1854380 33102 724691 5 Asia/Tokyo
View the Source 4. 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, 133.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 34.75, 133.75
34.75 133.75 Cfa
Wikidata: Okayama
Wikidata Q200078, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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