Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Kansai
- Prefecture
- Hyōgo
- Mayor
- Ryōsuke Takashima (from May 1, 2023)
- Total
- 18.47 km (7.13 sq mi)
- Density
- 5,034/km (13,040/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00 ( JST )
- City hall address
- 7-6 Seidōchō, Ashiya-shi, Hyōgo-ken 659-8501
- Website
- Official website
- Flower
- Kobano-mitsuba-tsutsuji
- Tree
- Japanese Black Pine
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
芦屋市公式ホームページ
city.ashiya.lg.jp →Link to the official site · 15,579 chars · not written by Vinony
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Encyclopedic overview
Ashiya City Hall Tanizaki Junichiro Memorial Museum Ashiya seen from Ashiya Station Ashiya (芦屋市, Ashiya-shi) is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 June 2024, the city had an estimated population of 92,976 in 43,229 households and a population density of 5,000 persons per km. The total area of the city is 53.44 square kilometres (20.63 sq mi). It has a reputation as a high-end residential area and is the municipality with the highest average income in Japan, outside the richest wards of Tokyo.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ashiya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.