Asakura
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Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Kyushu
- Prefecture
- Fukuoka
- Amagi town settled
- April 1, 1889
- Amagi city settled
- April 1, 1954
- Asakura city settled
- March 20, 2006
- Mayor
- Hideki Nakashima (中島秀樹) - from April 2026
- Total
- 246.71 km (95.26 sq mi)
- Density
- 204.65/km (530.03/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00 ( JST )
- City hall address
- 412-2 Bodaiji, Asakura-shi, Fukuoka-ken 838-0061
- Climate
- Cfa
- Website
- Official website
- Flower
- Sunflower , Cosmos , Sakura
- Tree
- Cinnamomum camphora , Ginkgo biloba , Buxus microphylla
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city of Japan
- Official name
- 朝倉市
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Fukuoka Prefecture
- Population
- 56355
- Area
- 246.73
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Shares border with
- Hita
- Official website
- www.city.asakura.lg.jp
- Image
- Asakura Three Water wheels.jpg
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- name in kana
- あさくらし
- Commons category
- Asakura, Fukuoka
- native label
- 朝倉市
- topic's main category
- Category:Asakura, Fukuoka
- inception
- 2006-03-20
- associated electoral district
- Fukuoka 5th district
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Encyclopedic overview
Asakura CIty Hall Asakura (朝倉市, Asakura-shi) is a city located in south central Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2024, the city had an estimated population of 50,488 in 22168 households, and a population density of 200 persons per km². The total area of the city is 246.71 km (95.26 sq mi).
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Asakura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.