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Bibai
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bibai
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ja
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Bibai City office.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Bibai city hall
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Bibai, Hokkaido.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Emblem of Bibai, Hokkaido.svg
- Settlement.seal_type
- Emblem
- Settlement.image_map
- Bibai in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Bibai in Hokkaido (Sorachi Subprefecture)
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Japan
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Japan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Japan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Hokkaido
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Prefecture
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Hokkaido (Sorachi Subprefecture)
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- 美唄市
- Population
- 26034
- Area
- 277.69
- Official website
- www.city.bibai.hokkaido.jp
- Image
- Bibai City office.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0126
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- inception
- 1950-04-01
- Commons category
- Bibai, Hokkaido
- name in kana
- びばいし
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14 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Education
- High schools
- School for special needs
- Transportation
- Rail
- Road
- Culture
- Mascots
- References
- External links
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==Geography== The Ishikari River flows to the west of Bibai. The Bibai Dam was built on the Bibai River, a tributary of the Ishikari River.
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