Takasaki is a city in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, in the Kanto region, and has been the largest municipality in Gunma Prefecture since 1990. It is known as the hometown of the Daruma doll. As of August 2020 it had a population of about 372,369 spread across roughly 459 square kilometers. The city was raised to city status in 1900 and designated a core city in 2011. 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. Takasaki (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 372,639 (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 36.25, 139.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 36.25, 139.25
36.25 139.25 Cfa
3. GeoNames: Takasaki - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1851002, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 1851002, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
36.33333 139.01667 P PPLA2 JP 10 1850994 372973 93 Asia/Tokyo
Takasaki (Wikipedia)
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Takasaki (高崎市, Takasaki-shi; [takasakiɕi]) is a city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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