Toyohashi豊橋市
Toyohashi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Toyohashi (豊橋市, Toyohashi-shi) is a city in Aichi Prefecture. Population 371,920 (2020 census), area 261.86 km². Borders 5 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
- 豊橋市
- Reading
- Toyohashi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Aichi 愛知県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 371,920 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -0.8% from 374,765
- Area
- 261.86 km²
- Density
- 1,420 people per km²
- Households
- 151,377
- Under 15
- 13.1%
- 65 and over
- 26.0%
- Foreign residents
- 18,483 (5.0%)
- Code
- 23201 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.toyohashi.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Toyohashi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Toyohashi
- Is Toyohashi a city or a prefecture?
- Toyohashi (豊橋市) 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 Toyohashi?
- Toyohashi 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 Toyohashi?
- 371,920 at the 2020 census, down 0.8% from 374,765 in 2015. The area is 261.86 km², which is 1,420 people per km². 151,377 households. 26.0% of residents are 65 or older and 13.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Toyohashi?
- Five: Hamana Ward (浜名区) of Hamamatsu in Shizuoka, Kosai City (湖西市) in Shizuoka, Toyokawa City (豊川市), Shinshiro City (新城市), and Tahara City (田原市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Toyohashi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Toyohashi written in Japanese?
- 豊橋市, read Toyohashi-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 Toyohashi begin?
- 愛知県豊橋市… (Aichi-ken, Toyohashi-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.