Yokote横手市
Yokote-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Yokote (横手市, Yokote-shi) is a city in Akita Prefecture. Population 85,555 (2020 census), area 692.8 km². Borders 7 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
- 横手市
- Reading
- Yokote-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Akita 秋田県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 85,555 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.2% from 92,197
- Area
- 692.8 km²
- Density
- 123 people per km²
- Households
- 31,109
- Under 15
- 10.0%
- 65 and over
- 39.1%
- Foreign residents
- 381 (0.4%)
- Code
- 05203 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.yokote.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Yokote. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Yokote
- Is Yokote a city or a prefecture?
- Yokote (横手市) 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 Yokote?
- Yokote 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 Yokote?
- 85,555 at the 2020 census, down 7.2% from 92,197 in 2015. The area is 692.8 km², which is 123 people per km². 31,109 households. 39.1% of residents are 65 or older and 10.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Yokote?
- Seven: Nishiwaga Town (西和賀町) in Iwate, Yuzawa City (湯沢市), Yurihonjo City (由利本荘市), Daisen City (大仙市), Misato Town (美郷町), Ugo Town (羽後町), and Higashinaruse Village (東成瀬村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yokote in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Yokote written in Japanese?
- 横手市, read Yokote-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 Yokote begin?
- 秋田県横手市… (Akita-ken, Yokote-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.