Takaoka

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Takaoka

Total population

174,389

Coordinates36.74°, 137.02°

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

Overview

Takaoka 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).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

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Atsushi Yanagisawa

Japanese association football player

H

Haruka Tachimoto

Japanese judoka

M

Megumi Tachimoto

Japanese judoka

Shinosuke Tatekawa

Japanese comedian

Keiko Minami

Japanese artist (1911–2014)

Kento Yachi

baseball player

P

Parc Manther

Japanese actor

Y

Yukiyo Ōtsubo

Japanese announcer

Y

Yoshinobu Kosugi

Japanese television producer

S

Saitō Yakurō

A

Akiko Yanagawa

Y

Yuka Mizukoshi

Y

Yoshio Nagata

Japanese politician

Toratarō Ushizuka

Japanese politician (1879-1966)

Yoshiaki Yagō

Japanese professional wrestler, composer and karateka

T

Tachio Ishikawa

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Toyama

• Seki
  0.5 mi away
• Kamizeki
  0.6 mi away
• Jōzuka
  0.7 mi away
• Oshima
  2.4 mi away
• Imizu
  3.2 mi away · pop. 92,888
• Shinminato
  4.6 mi away
• Kosugi
  4.8 mi away
• Fukuoka
  5.7 mi away
• Tonami
  8 mi away · pop. 49,222
• Himi
  9.3 mi away · pop. 48,836
• Oyabe
  9.3 mi away · pop. 31,351
• Toyama
  11.2 mi away · pop. 421,259

Browse all places in Toyama →

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 Takaoka

Search results from Open Library.

Gallery

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