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Also known as Kato City, Kato-shi, Katō Shi, Katō, Kato

city in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Key facts

Country
Japan
Region
Kansai
Prefecture
Hyōgo
First official recorded
76 BC (official confirmed)
Takino town settled
April 1, 1925
Tojo and yashiro town settledf
March 31, 1955
Three municipalities merged
March 20, 2006
Mayor
Tadashi Iwane|(岩根正) - from April 2022
Total
157.55 km (60.83 sq mi)
Density
251.53/km (651.45/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+09:00 ( JST )
City hall address
50 Yashiro, Kato-shi, Hyogo-ken 673-1493
Website
Official website
Flower
Cosmos
Tree
Cherry blossom

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Lake Tōjō Katō (加東市, Katō-shi) is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 April 2022, the city had an estimated population of 39,628 in 17199 households and a population density of 250 persons per km². The total area of the city is 157.55 square kilometres (60.83 sq mi).

Geography

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

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