Akita

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Akita

Total population

307,672

Coordinates39.72°, 140.10°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Akita is the capital and most populous city of Akita Prefecture, Japan, and has been designated a core city since 1 April 1997. As of 1 August 2023, the city has an estimated population of 300,502 persons in 136,628 households and a population density of 332 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 906.07 square kilometres (349.84 sq mi).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Akita

• Honcho, Yabase
  0.5 mi away
• Yabase
  0.6 mi away
• 渋坂
  1.2 mi away
• Tsukiji
  1.4 mi away
• 外旭川字三千刈
  1.4 mi away
• 外旭川字大畑
  1.4 mi away
• Narayama
  1.5 mi away
• 外旭川字水口
  1.5 mi away
• Omotomachi
  1.7 mi away
• 外旭川字野村
  1.7 mi away
• 外旭川字八幡田
  1.7 mi away
• 外旭川字山崎
  1.7 mi away

Browse all places in Akita →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Akita

Akita. Akita Dog Complete Owners Manual. Akita Book for Care, Costs, Feeding, Grooming, Health and Training

Asia Moore · 2015

Akitas

Edita Van der Lyn · 1990

All I Need Is Coffee and My Akita

Daniel Timothy · 2020

Akita Akita Training Book for Akita Dogs and Akita Puppies by d!G THIS DOG Training, Training Begins from the Car Ride Home, Akita Training

Doug Naiyn · 2020

Akita, treasure of Japan

Barbara Bouyet · 1992

Akita kenshi

Akita-ken (Japan) · 1915

Akita fushigi tanbō

1980

Akita

Ilya Sid · 2021

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Eusilpha japonica

Eusilpha japonica

Seen 2026-07-01

Common Rough Woodlouse

Porcellio scaber

Seen 2026-07-01

Pond Slider

Trachemys scripta

Seen 2026-07-01

Pied Skimmer

Pseudothemis zonata

Seen 2026-07-01

lake pondskater

Aquarius paludum

Seen 2026-07-01

Eastern Spot-billed Duck

Anas zonorhyncha

Seen 2026-07-01

Small Copper

Lycaena phlaeas

Seen 2026-07-01

Convolvulus Hawkmoth

Agrius convolvuli

Seen 2026-06-30

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Seen 2026-06-30

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Akita, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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