Okazaki岡崎市
Okazaki-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Okazaki (岡崎市, Okazaki-shi) is a city in Aichi Prefecture. Population 384,654 (2020 census), area 387.2 km². Borders 7 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
- 岡崎市
- Reading
- Okazaki-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Aichi 愛知県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 384,654 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.9% from 381,051
- Area
- 387.2 km²
- Density
- 993 people per km²
- Households
- 156,619
- Under 15
- 14.1%
- 65 and over
- 23.6%
- Foreign residents
- 12,356 (3.2%)
- Code
- 23202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.okazaki.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Okazaki. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Okazaki
- Is Okazaki a city or a prefecture?
- Okazaki (岡崎市) 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 Okazaki?
- Okazaki 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 Okazaki?
- 384,654 at the 2020 census, up 0.9% from 381,051 in 2015. The area is 387.2 km², which is 993 people per km². 156,619 households. 23.6% of residents are 65 or older and 14.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Okazaki?
- Seven: Toyokawa City (豊川市), Toyota City (豊田市), Anjo City (安城市), Nishio City (西尾市), Gamagori City (蒲郡市), Shinshiro City (新城市), and Kota Town (幸田町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Okazaki in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Okazaki written in Japanese?
- 岡崎市, read Okazaki-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 Okazaki begin?
- 愛知県岡崎市… (Aichi-ken, Okazaki-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.