Goshogawara五所川原市
Goshogawara-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Goshogawara (五所川原市, Goshogawara-shi) is a city in Aomori Prefecture. Population 51,415 (2020 census), area 404.2 km². Borders 8 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Aomori Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 五所川原市
- Reading
- Goshogawara-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Aomori 青森県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 51,415 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.8% from 55,181
- Area
- 404.2 km²
- Density
- 127 people per km²
- Households
- 20,908
- Under 15
- 9.5%
- 65 and over
- 35.9%
- Foreign residents
- 99 (0.2%)
- Code
- 02205 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.goshogawara.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
8 places share a land border with Goshogawara. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Goshogawara
- Is Goshogawara a city or a prefecture?
- Goshogawara (五所川原市) is a city (市, shi) in Aomori Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Goshogawara?
- Goshogawara is in Aomori Prefecture (青森県), 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 Goshogawara?
- 51,415 at the 2020 census, down 6.8% from 55,181 in 2015. The area is 404.2 km², which is 127 people per km². 20,908 households. 35.9% of residents are 65 or older and 9.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Goshogawara?
- Eight: Aomori City (青森市), Tsugaru City (つがる市), Imabetsu Town (今別町), Yomogita Village (蓬田村), Sotogahama Town (外ヶ浜町), Itayanagi Town (板柳町), Tsuruta Town (鶴田町), and Nakadomari Town (中泊町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Goshogawara in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Goshogawara written in Japanese?
- 五所川原市, read Goshogawara-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 Goshogawara begin?
- 青森県五所川原市… (Aomori-ken, Goshogawara-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.