Ashibetsu
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Ashibetsu 芦別市
Ashibetsu's location in Hokkaidō (Sorachi), Japan.
Ashibetsu's location in Japan.
Location
Country	Japan
Region	Hokkaidō
Prefecture	Hokkaidō (Sorachi)
Physical characteristics
Area	865.02 km2 (333.99 sq mi)
Population (as of June 30, 2008)
Total	17,984
Density	20.8 /km2 (54 /sq mi)
Location	43°31′N 142°11′E / 43.517, 142.183Coordinates: 43°31′N 142°11′E / 43.517, 142.183
Symbols
Tree	Mizunara (Quercus crispula)
Flower	Lily
Bird	Great Tit
Ashibetsu Government Office
Mayor	Masashi Hayashi
Address	1-3 Kita-ichijō Higashi, Ashibetsu-shi, Hokkaidō 075-8711
Phone number	0124-22-2111
Official website: City of Ashibetsu

Five-storied pagoda in Ashibetu

Ashibetsu (芦別市, Ashibetsu-shi^?, Ainu: Aspet) is a city located in Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan.

As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 17,984 and a density of 20.8 persons per km². The total area is 865.02 km². The city was once a prosperous coal mining city, its population exceeding 70,000 at its peak, but its population has fallen since the closing of the coal mines.

History

• 1893 Satō Denjirō (originally from Yamagata prefecture) founds Ashibetsu
• 1897 Nae Village (now Sunagawa City) and part of Takikawa Village (now City) split off to form Utashinai Village
• 1900 Ashibetsu Village split off of Utashinai Village.
• 1906 Ashibetsu becomes a Second Class Municipality
• 1923 First Class Municipality
• 1924 Ashibetsu Mine opened
• 1935 Kamiashibetsu Mine opened
• 1938 Ashibetsu-Takane? Mine opened
• 1941 Ashibetsu Village becomes Ashibetsu Town
• 1943 Mitsui?-Ashibetsu Mine opened
• April 1, 1953 Ashibetsu Town becomes Ashibetsu City
• 1991 Canadian World park opened
• 1999 Canadian World business failure

External links

• Media related to Ashibetsu, Hokkaidō at Wikimedia Commons
• (Japanese) Official website

Hokkaidō
Subprefectures
Abashiri | Hidaka | Hiyama | Iburi | Ishikari | Kamikawa | Kushiro | Nemuro | Oshima | Rumoi | Shiribeshi | Sorachi | Sōya | Tokachi
Cities
Abashiri | Akabira | Asahikawa | Ashibetsu | Bibai | Chitose | Date | Ebetsu | Eniwa | Fukagawa | Furano | Hakodate | Hokuto | Ishikari | Iwamizawa | Kitahiroshima | Kitami | Kushiro | Mikasa | Monbetsu | Muroran | Nayoro | Nemuro | Noboribetsu | Obihiro | Otaru | Rumoi | Sapporo (capital) | Shibetsu | Sunagawa | Takikawa | Tomakomai | Utashinai | Wakkanai | Yūbari

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