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Bizen
Sign in to savecity 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city of Japan
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Okayama Prefecture
- Population
- 37839
- Area
- 258.14
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Shares border with
- Sayo
- Official website
- www.city.bizen.okayama.jp
- Image
- Imbe Bizen Okayama pref Japan01n.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- 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
via Wikidata · CC0
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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.