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Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japani
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Akashi CityCity
Hyogo PrefecturePrefecture
JapanCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Akashi297,279 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
264409
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:264409:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Akashi, Hyōgo, Japon
German:
Akashi, Präfektur Hyogo, Japan
Italian:
Akashi, prefettura di Hyōgo, Giappone
Japanese:
明石市, 兵庫県, 日本
Russian:
Акаси, Хёго, Япония
Simplified Chinese:
明石市, 兵库县, 日本
Spanish:
Akashi, Prefectura de Hyōgo, Japón
Arabic:
أكاشي , هيوغو, اليابان
Azeri:
Akaşi, Hyöqo, Yaponiya
Bengali:
আকাশি, হিয়োগো প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল, জাপান
Bulgarian:
Акаши, Хього, Япония
Catalan:
Akashi, Prefectura de Hyōgo, Japó
Cebuano:
Akashi, Hyōgo-ken, Hapon
Classical Chinese:
明石市, 兵庫縣, 日本
Czech:
Akaši, Prefektura Hjógo, Japonsko
Danish:
Akashi, Hyougo-præfekturet, Japan
Dutch:
Akashi, Hyogo, Japan
Estonian:
Akashi, Hyōgo prefektuur, Jaapan
Farsi/Persian:
آکاشی، هیوگو, استان هیوگو, ژاپن
Finnish:
Akashi, Hyōgon prefektuuri, Japani
Galician:
Akashi, Prefectura de Hyōgo, Xapón
Greek:
Ακάσι, Χιγκόρο, Ιαπωνία
Gujarati:
અકાશી, હ્યોગો પ્રીફેકચર, જાપાન
Hindi:
आकाशी, ह्योगो प्रीफेक्चर, जापान
Hungarian:
Akasi, Hjógo prefektúra, Japán
Indonesian:
Akashi, Prefektur Hyogo, Jepang
Irish Gaelic:
Akashi, Maoracht Hyōgo, An tSeapáin
Kannada:
ಅಕಾಶಿ, ಹೈಗೊ ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್, ಜಪಾನ್
Korean:
아카시시, 효고현, 일본
Latvian:
Akaši, Hjogo prefektūra, Japāna
Lithuanian:
Akašis, Hiogo prefektūra, Japonija
Malay:
Akashi, Wilayah Hyōgo, Jepun
Marathi:
आकाशी, ह्योगो, जपान
Mazanderani:
آکاشی، هیوگو, جاپون
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Akasi-chhī, Hyôgo-koān, Ji̍t-pún
Norwegian:
Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan
Occitan:
Akashi, Japon
Polish:
Akashi, Prefektura Hyōgo, Japonia
Portuguese:
Akashi, Hyōgo, Japão
Romanian:
Akashi, Prefectura Hyōgo, Japonia
Serbian:
Акаши, Хјого, Јапан
Serbo-Croatian:
Akasi, Prefektura Hjogo, Japan
Sinhalese:
අකාශි, හයෝගෝ ප්‍රාන්තය, ජපානය
South Azerbaijani:
آکاشی، هیوقو, هیوقو اوستانی, ژاپون
Swedish:
Akashi, Hyogo prefektur, Japan
Tagalog:
Akasyi, Prepektura ng Hyōgo, Hapon
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Акаши, Префектураи Ҳёго, Ҷопон
Tamil:
அகாஷி, ஹயோகோ ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுர், யப்பான்
Tatar:
Акачи, Япония
Telugu:
అకాషి, హయోగో ప్రిఫెక్చర్, జపాన్
Thai:
อะกะชิ, จังหวัดเฮียวโงะ, ประเทศญี่ปุ่น
Traditional Chinese:
明石, 兵庫縣, 日本
Turkish:
Akashi, Hyōgo ili, Japonya
Ukrainian:
Акаші, Префектура Хіого, Японія
Urdu:
آکاشی, ہیوگو پریفیکچر, جاپان
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Akasi, Yaponiya
Vietnamese:
Akashi, Hyōgo, Nhật Bản
Waray:
Akashi, Hyōgo, Hapon


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There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences3
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed3.60 Ma (Pliocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Osaka10.781 - 0.126 Ma (Pleistocene)
Nishiyagi13.6 - 0.0117 Ma (Cenozoic)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Crocodylia
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Cervus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae : Cervus2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 2 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashi,_Hy%C5%8Dgo
Wikidata ID:Q26406
GeoNames ID:1865470

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