Takaoka
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Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Chūbu ( Hokuriku )
- Prefecture
- Toyama
- First official recorded
- 701 AD
- City settled
- April 1, 1889
- Mayor
- Yuzuru Demachi (from July 2025)
- Total
- 209.57 km (80.92 sq mi)
- Density
- 825.91/km (2,139.1/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+9 ( Japan Standard Time )
- Tree
- Japanese bay tree (Tsumama)
- Flower
- Japanese fawn lily (Katakago)
- Flowering tree
- Cherry blossom (Sakura)
- Phone number
- 0766-20-1111
- Address
- 7-50 Hirokōji, Takaoka-shi, Toyama-ken 933-8601
- Climate
- Cfa
- Website
- www .city .takaoka .toyama .jp
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Downtown Takaoka at night Takaoka (高岡市, Takaoka-shi) is a city in the northwestern portion of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Takaoka has the second largest population after Toyama City, and the city is a center of western Toyama Prefecture (Gosei).
As of 2018, the city had an estimated population of 173,086 in 68,350 households and a population density of 819 persons per km. Its total area was 209.57 square kilometres (80.92 sq mi).