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Akō (赤穂市, Akō-shi) is a city located in southwestern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

As of March 31, 2017, the city had an estimated population of 48,788, with 20,427 households, and a population density of 380 persons per km². The total area is 126.88 km².

The city was officially founded on September 1, 1951. The city faces the Inland Sea and salt production was its main industry during the feudal period. Other industries are fishery, and tourism thanks to a famous act of vengeance by the forty-seven rōnin in 1703, featured in the Chūshingura.