Kuroishi黒石市
Kuroishi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kuroishi (黒石市, Kuroishi-shi) is a city in Aomori Prefecture. Population 31,946 (2020 census), area 217.05 km². Borders 4 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
- 黒石市
- Reading
- Kuroishi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Aomori 青森県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 31,946 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.8% from 34,284
- Area
- 217.05 km²
- Density
- 147 people per km²
- Households
- 11,661
- Under 15
- 10.1%
- 65 and over
- 34.3%
- Foreign residents
- 116 (0.4%)
- Code
- 02204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kuroishi.aomori.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Kuroishi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kuroishi
- Is Kuroishi a city or a prefecture?
- Kuroishi (黒石市) 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 Kuroishi?
- Kuroishi 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 Kuroishi?
- 31,946 at the 2020 census, down 6.8% from 34,284 in 2015. The area is 217.05 km², which is 147 people per km². 11,661 households. 34.3% of residents are 65 or older and 10.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kuroishi?
- Four: Aomori City (青森市), Hirakawa City (平川市), Fujisaki Town (藤崎町), and Inakadate Village (田舎館村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kuroishi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kuroishi written in Japanese?
- 黒石市, read Kuroishi-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 Kuroishi begin?
- 青森県黒石市… (Aomori-ken, Kuroishi-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.