Hakodate

is a city and port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture. As of January 31, 2024, the city had an estimated population of 239,813 with 138,807 households, and a population density of . The total area is . The city is the third largest in Hokkaido after Sapporo and Asahikawa.

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Hakodate is a port city and the capital of Oshima Subprefecture in Hokkaido, Japan, with a population of nearly 240,000 people as of early 2024. It is the third-largest city in Hokkaido, making it an important regional hub in Japan's northernmost island.

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Settlement.name: Hakodate
Settlement.settlement_type: Core city
Settlement.image_skyline: Hakodate montage.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Clockwise from the top: Goryokaku, Hakodate Orthodox Church, Night View from Mount Hakodate, Hachiman-Zaka and Hakodate Port, Goryokaku Tower
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Hakodate, Hokkaido.svg
Settlement.image_seal: Emblem of Hakodate, Hokkaido.svg
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 9
Settlement.mapframe point: none
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Hakodate in Oshima, Hokkaido
Settlement.pushpin_map: Japan
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Japan
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Prefecture
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Hokkaido
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Hokkaido (Oshima Subprefecture)
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city of Japan
Official name: 函館市
Country: Japan
Located in: Oshima Subprefecture
Population: 279127
Area: 677.87
Body of water: Port of Hakodate
Shares border with: Shikabe
Location: Southern Circuit
Official website: www.city.hakodate.hokkaido.jp/docs/2014020200096
Image: View from Mt.Hakodate (Hakodateyama),Hakodate Hokkaido, Japan 27 April 2016 - panoramio.jpg
Dialing code: 0138

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native label: 函館市
category of associated people: Category:People from Hakodate
name in kana: はこだてし
described by source: Kotobank
twinned administrative body: Aomori
Commons category: Hakodate, Hokkaido
topic's main category: Category:Hakodate
category for people born here: Category:Births in Hakodate, Hokkaido
Commons gallery: 函館市
postal code: 040-0001–042-0957
inception: 1922-08-01
social media followers: 11718
official symbol: Teuthida
associated electoral district: Hokkaido 8th district
P12749: 147 BC
number of viewers/listeners: 1751957

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Pre–Meiji Restoration
Meiji Restoration
20th century to present day
Geography
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== History == Hakodate was Japan's first city whose port was opened to foreign trade in 1854, as a result of Convention of Kanagawa, and used to be the most important port in northern Japan. The city was the biggest city in Hokkaido before the Great Fire of Hakodate in 1934.

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