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Bizen
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Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Chūgoku ( San'yō )
- Prefecture
- Okayama
- First official recorded
- 702 AD (estimated)
- Town settled
- April 1, 1951
- City settled
- April 1, 1971
- Mayor
- Nobuyuki Nagasaki (長崎信行) - from May 2025
- Total
- 258.14 km (99.67 sq mi)
- Density
- 124.04/km (321.26/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00 ( JST )
- City hall address
- 126 Higashikatakami, Bizen-shi, Okayama-ken 705-8602
- Website
- Official website
- Fish
- Japanese Spanish mackerel
- Flower
- Rhododendron
- Tree
- Pistacia chinensis
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Hakuchō Masamune's birthplace Bizen City Hall Imbe neighborhood Hinase Bay Bizen (備前市, Bizen-shi) is a city located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2023, the city had an estimated population of 32,019 in 15,467 households and a population density of 120 persons per km². The total area of the city is 258.14 square kilometres (99.67 sq mi).
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bizen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.