Odate, Akita
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is a city
Cities of Japan
||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...

 located in Akita
Akita Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region of northern Honshu, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Akita.- History :The area of Akita has been created from the ancient provinces of Dewa and Mutsu....

 in Tōhoku region
Tohoku region
The is a geographical area of Japan. The region occupies the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The region consists of six prefectures : Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi and Yamagata....

 of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

.

The city was founded on April 1, 1951.

As of 2003, the city had an estimated population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 of 65,090 and the density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

 of 162.10 persons per km². The total area was 401.54 km².

On June 20, 2005, the towns of Hinai
Hinai, Akita
Hinai was a town located in Kitaakita District, Akita, Japan.On June 20, 2005, the towns of Hinai and Tashiro, both from Kitaakita District, were merged into the city of Ōdate....

 and Tashiro
Tashiro, Akita
Tashiro was a town located in Kitaakita District, Akita, Japan.On June 20, 2005, the towns of Hinai and Tashiro, both from Kitaakita District, were merged into the city of Ōdate....

 were merged into the city, increasing its population (as of 2011) to 77,703 and the area of the city to 913.70 km².

Odate-Noshiro Airport
Odate-Noshiro Airport
Odate-Noshiro Airport is an airport in Kitaakita, Akita, Japan and is west of Ōdate at above sea level.-Airlines and destinations:...

 in nearby Kitaakita
Kitaakita, Akita
is a city located in Akita, Japan.The city was founded on March 22, 2005 from the merger of the former towns of Aikawa, Ani, Moriyoshi, and Takanosu, all from Kitaakita District....

 serves the city.

One of its local wares is Magewappa
Magewappa
Magewappa is a traditional Japanese wood craft found in Odate, Akita Prefecture, Japan.-History:Magewappa was first made by woodcutters in the Odate area, using straight grain Akita Cedar...

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External links

Odate official website
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