Nagoya名古屋市
Nagoya-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Nagoya (名古屋市, Nagoya-shi) is a city and a designated city with 16 wards in Aichi Prefecture. Population 2,332,176 (2020 census), area 326.5 km². Borders 16 places.
A designated city with 16 wards, and the centre of the Chūkyō industrial area.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 名古屋市
- Reading
- Nagoya-shi
- Kind
- City (市), designated city (政令指定都市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Aichi 愛知県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 2,332,176 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +1.6% from 2,295,638
- Area
- 326.5 km²
- Density
- 7,143 people per km²
- Households
- 1,122,103
- Under 15
- 11.9%
- 65 and over
- 25.3%
- Foreign residents
- 81,412 (3.5%)
- Code
- 23100 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.nagoya.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
The 16 wards of Nagoya行政区
Nagoya is a designated city, so it is divided into wards. Each ward has an office for counter services, and none has a mayor or an assembly. Voters in every ward elect the same city mayor.
| Ward | Population | km² |
|---|---|---|
| Chikusa Ward千種区 | 165,245 | 18.18 |
| Higashi Ward東区 | 84,392 | 7.71 |
| Kita Ward北区 | 162,956 | 17.53 |
| Nishi Ward西区 | 151,082 | 17.93 |
| Nakamura Ward中村区 | 138,599 | 16.3 |
| Naka Ward中区 | 93,100 | 9.38 |
| Showa Ward昭和区 | 107,599 | 10.94 |
| Mizuho Ward瑞穂区 | 108,332 | 11.22 |
| Atsuta Ward熱田区 | 66,957 | 8.2 |
| Nakagawa Ward中川区 | 220,728 | 32.02 |
| Minato Ward港区 | 143,715 | 45.69 |
| Minami Ward南区 | 134,510 | 18.46 |
| Moriyama Ward守山区 | 176,587 | 34.01 |
| Midori Ward緑区 | 248,802 | 37.91 |
| Meito Ward名東区 | 164,755 | 19.45 |
| Tempaku Ward天白区 | 164,817 | 21.58 |
Neighbouring municipalities
16 places share a land border with Nagoya, counted through its wards. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Nagoya
- Is Nagoya a city or a prefecture?
- Nagoya (名古屋市) 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. It is a designated city, divided into 16 wards. The wards are offices of the city, not governments.
- Where is Nagoya?
- Nagoya 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 Nagoya?
- 2,332,176 at the 2020 census, up 1.6% from 2,295,638 in 2015. The area is 326.5 km², which is 7,143 people per km². 1,122,103 households. 25.3% of residents are 65 or older and 11.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Nagoya?
- 16: Seto City (瀬戸市), Kasugai City (春日井市), Tokai City (東海市), Obu City (大府市), Owariasahi City (尾張旭市), Toyoake City (豊明市), Nisshin City (日進市), Kiyosu City (清須市), Kitanagoya City (北名古屋市), Ama City (あま市), Nagakute City (長久手市), Togo Town (東郷町), Toyoyama Town (豊山町), Oharu Town (大治町), Kanie Town (蟹江町), and Tobishima Village (飛島村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Nagoya in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Nagoya written in Japanese?
- 名古屋市, read Nagoya-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 Nagoya begin?
- 愛知県名古屋市… (Aichi-ken, Nagoya-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. Then the name of one of the 16 wards. 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.