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City profile · Japan · Asia

Hakodate

Hokkaido · Japan
City population
275,730
#85
in Japan
#3
in Hokkaido
#2,071
worldwide
TokyoHakodate
41.776, 140.737 · 683 km from Tokyo
City population
275,730
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Japan
#85
of 1,216 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#2,071
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Japan
0.2%
of the national population

About Hakodate

Hakodate is a city in Hokkaido, Japan with a population of 275,730. It is the 85th largest of the 1,216 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Japan, and the 2,071st largest worldwide. It lies 683 km from Tokyo.

Position in Japan
#85of 1,216
LargestSmallest
Position in Hokkaido
#3of 49
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Japan
Region
Hokkaido
Rank in region
#3of 49
Distance to capital
683 km
to Tokyo
Elevation
5 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
41.776, 140.737
Record updated
2017-07-22
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

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