Shinshiro新城市
Shinshiro-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Shinshiro (新城市, Shinshiro-shi) is a city in Aichi Prefecture. Population 44,355 (2020 census), area 499.23 km². Borders 8 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
- 新城市
- Reading
- Shinshiro-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Aichi 愛知県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 44,355 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.9% from 47,133
- Area
- 499.23 km²
- Density
- 89 people per km²
- Households
- 16,633
- Under 15
- 10.7%
- 65 and over
- 36.2%
- Foreign residents
- 954 (2.2%)
- Code
- 23221 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.shinshiro.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
8 places share a land border with Shinshiro. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Shinshiro
- Is Shinshiro a city or a prefecture?
- Shinshiro (新城市) 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 Shinshiro?
- Shinshiro 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 Shinshiro?
- 44,355 at the 2020 census, down 5.9% from 47,133 in 2015. The area is 499.23 km², which is 89 people per km². 16,633 households. 36.2% of residents are 65 or older and 10.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Shinshiro?
- Eight: Hamana Ward (浜名区) of Hamamatsu in Shizuoka, Tenryu Ward (天竜区) of Hamamatsu in Shizuoka, Toyohashi City (豊橋市), Okazaki City (岡崎市), Toyokawa City (豊川市), Toyota City (豊田市), Shitara Town (設楽町), and Toei Town (東栄町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Shinshiro in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Shinshiro written in Japanese?
- 新城市, read Shinshiro-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 Shinshiro begin?
- 愛知県新城市… (Aichi-ken, Shinshiro-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.