Hirosaki弘前市
Hirosaki-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hirosaki (弘前市, Hirosaki-shi) is a city in Aomori Prefecture. Population 168,466 (2020 census), area 524.2 km². Borders 10 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
- 弘前市
- Reading
- Hirosaki-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Aomori 青森県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 168,466 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.0% from 177,411
- Area
- 524.2 km²
- Density
- 321 people per km²
- Households
- 71,022
- Under 15
- 10.3%
- 65 and over
- 32.3%
- Foreign residents
- 706 (0.4%)
- Code
- 02202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.hirosaki.aomori.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
10 places share a land border with Hirosaki. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hirosaki
- Is Hirosaki a city or a prefecture?
- Hirosaki (弘前市) 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 Hirosaki?
- Hirosaki 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 Hirosaki?
- 168,466 at the 2020 census, down 5.0% from 177,411 in 2015. The area is 524.2 km², which is 321 people per km². 71,022 households. 32.3% of residents are 65 or older and 10.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hirosaki?
- 10: Tsugaru City (つがる市), Hirakawa City (平川市), Ajigasawa Town (鰺ヶ沢町), Nishimeya Village (西目屋村), Fujisaki Town (藤崎町), Owani Town (大鰐町), Inakadate Village (田舎館村), Itayanagi Town (板柳町), Tsuruta Town (鶴田町), and Odate City (大館市) in Akita. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hirosaki in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hirosaki written in Japanese?
- 弘前市, read Hirosaki-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 Hirosaki begin?
- 青森県弘前市… (Aomori-ken, Hirosaki-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.