Bibai

{{Infobox settlement | name = Bibai | official_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = ja | settlement_type = City | other_name = | image_skyline = Bibai City office.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Bibai city hall | image_flag = Flag of Bibai, Hokkaido.svg | image_seal = Emblem of Bibai, Hokkaido.svg | seal_type = Emblem | image_map = Bibai in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Bibai in Hokkaido (Sorachi Subprefecture) | pushpin_map = Japan | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Japan | coordinates = | coordinates_footnotes = <!-- for references: use 1890 - The village of Numakai was founded. 1925 - Numakai village became Numakai town. 1926 - Numakai was renamed Bibai. 1950 - Bibai town became Bibai city. 1982 - Bibai Dam was completed. At its peak, Bibai was a coal town that produced over a million tons annually. However, ever since the mine was closed in 1972, the city has suffered a slowly declining population.

==Geography== The Ishikari River flows to the west of Bibai. The Bibai Dam was built on the Bibai River, a tributary of the Ishikari River.