Asahikawa, Hokkaido

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Asahikawa

旭川
旭川市
View o the ceety frae Moont Arashiyama
View o the ceety frae Moont Arashiyama
Location of Asahikawa
Location o Kamikawa Subprefectur in Hokkaido
Location o Kamikawa Subprefectur in Hokkaido
Asahikawa is located in Japan
Asahikawa
Asahikawa
 
Coordinates: 43°46′N 142°22′E / 43.767°N 142.367°E / 43.767; 142.367Coordinates: 43°46′N 142°22′E / 43.767°N 142.367°E / 43.767; 142.367
KintraJapan
RegionHokkaido
PrefecturHokkaido
Govrenment
 • MayorMasahito Nishikawa
Area
 • Total747.6 km2 (288.6 sq mi)
Population
 (Julie 30, 2011)
 • Total352,105
 • Density470.98/km2 (1,219.8/sq mi)
- TreeJapanese Rowan
- FlouerAzalea
Websitewww.city.asahikawa.hokkaido.jp

Asahikawa (旭川市, Asahikawa-shi) is a ceety in Kamikawa Subprefectur, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the caipital o the subprefectur an the seicont-lairgest ceety in Hokkaido, efter Sapporo. It haes been a Core ceety syne Aprile 1, 2000. The ceety is currently weel kent for the Asahiyama Zoo an Asahikawa ramen.

In Julie 31, 2011, the ceety haed an estimatit population o 352,105, wi 173,961 households an a population density o 470.96 persons per km². The tot aurie is 747.6 km².

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