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Bizen

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city in Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Key facts

Country
Japan
Region
Chūgoku ( San'yō )
Prefecture
Okayama
First official recorded
702 AD (estimated)
Town settled
April 1, 1951
City settled
April 1, 1971
Mayor
Nobuyuki Nagasaki (長崎信行) - from May 2025
Total
258.14 km (99.67 sq mi)
Density
124.04/km (321.26/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+09:00 ( JST )
City hall address
126 Higashikatakami, Bizen-shi, Okayama-ken 705-8602
Website
Official website
Fish
Japanese Spanish mackerel
Flower
Rhododendron
Tree
Pistacia chinensis

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
city of Japan
Country
Japan
Population
37839
Area
258.14
Time zone
UTC+09:00
Shares border with
Sayo
Image
Imbe Bizen Okayama pref Japan01n.jpg
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name in kana
びぜんし
Commons category
Bizen, Okayama
topic's main category
Category:Bizen, Okayama
native label
備前市
inception
2005-03-22
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Encyclopedic overview

Hakuchō Masamune's birthplace Bizen City Hall Imbe neighborhood Hinase Bay Bizen (備前市, Bizen-shi) is a city located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2023, the city had an estimated population of 32,019 in 15,467 households and a population density of 120 persons per km². The total area of the city is 258.14 square kilometres (99.67 sq mi).

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bizen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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