Handa半田市
Handa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Handa (半田市, Handa-shi) is a city in Aichi Prefecture. Population 117,884 (2020 census), area 47.42 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Aichi Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 半田市
- Reading
- Handa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Aichi 愛知県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 117,884 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.8% from 116,908
- Area
- 47.42 km²
- Density
- 2,486 people per km²
- Households
- 49,006
- Under 15
- 13.0%
- 65 and over
- 24.5%
- Foreign residents
- 4,182 (3.5%)
- Code
- 23205 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.handa.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Handa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Handa
- Is Handa a city or a prefecture?
- Handa (半田市) is a city (市, shi) in Aichi Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Handa?
- Handa is in Aichi Prefecture (愛知県), in the Chūbu region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Handa?
- 117,884 at the 2020 census, up 0.8% from 116,908 in 2015. The area is 47.42 km², which is 2,486 people per km². 49,006 households. 24.5% of residents are 65 or older and 13.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Handa?
- Four: Tokoname City (常滑市), Agui Town (阿久比町), Higashiura Town (東浦町), and Taketoyo Town (武豊町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Handa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Handa written in Japanese?
- 半田市, read Handa-shi. The last character, 市 (shi), is the word for city, and the name is often used without it in English.
- How does an address in Handa begin?
- 愛知県半田市… (Aichi-ken, Handa-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.
Boundaries and neighbours: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population, households, and age groups: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査). Area: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (全国都道府県市区町村別面積調, 2020). Website and Wikipedia links: Wikidata.