Toyokawa豊川市
Toyokawa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Toyokawa (豊川市, Toyokawa-shi) is a city in Aichi Prefecture. Population 184,661 (2020 census), area 161.14 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
- 豊川市
- Reading
- Toyokawa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Aichi 愛知県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 184,661 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +1.2% from 182,436
- Area
- 161.14 km²
- Density
- 1,146 people per km²
- Households
- 72,220
- Under 15
- 13.7%
- 65 and over
- 26.2%
- Foreign residents
- 6,674 (3.6%)
- Code
- 23207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.toyokawa.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Toyokawa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Toyokawa
- Is Toyokawa a city or a prefecture?
- Toyokawa (豊川市) 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 Toyokawa?
- Toyokawa 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 Toyokawa?
- 184,661 at the 2020 census, up 1.2% from 182,436 in 2015. The area is 161.14 km², which is 1,146 people per km². 72,220 households. 26.2% of residents are 65 or older and 13.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Toyokawa?
- Four: Toyohashi City (豊橋市), Okazaki City (岡崎市), Gamagori City (蒲郡市), and Shinshiro City (新城市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Toyokawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Toyokawa written in Japanese?
- 豊川市, read Toyokawa-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 Toyokawa begin?
- 愛知県豊川市… (Aichi-ken, Toyokawa-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.