Noshiro能代市
Noshiro-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Noshiro (能代市, Noshiro-shi) is a city in Akita Prefecture. Population 49,968 (2020 census), area 426.95 km². Borders 5 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Akita Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 能代市
- Reading
- Noshiro-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Akita 秋田県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 49,968 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -8.7% from 54,730
- Area
- 426.95 km²
- Density
- 117 people per km²
- Households
- 21,191
- Under 15
- 8.5%
- 65 and over
- 41.6%
- Foreign residents
- 208 (0.4%)
- Code
- 05202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.noshiro.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Noshiro. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Noshiro
- Is Noshiro a city or a prefecture?
- Noshiro (能代市) is a city (市, shi) in Akita Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Noshiro?
- Noshiro is in Akita Prefecture (秋田県), in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Noshiro?
- 49,968 at the 2020 census, down 8.7% from 54,730 in 2015. The area is 426.95 km², which is 117 people per km². 21,191 households. 41.6% of residents are 65 or older and 8.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Noshiro?
- Five: Kitaakita City (北秋田市), Kamikoani Village (上小阿仁村), Fujisato Town (藤里町), Mitane Town (三種町), and Happo Town (八峰町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Noshiro in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Noshiro written in Japanese?
- 能代市, read Noshiro-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 Noshiro begin?
- 秋田県能代市… (Akita-ken, Noshiro-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.