Misawa三沢市
Misawa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Misawa (三沢市, Misawa-shi) is a city in Aomori Prefecture. Population 39,152 (2020 census), area 119.87 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
- 三沢市
- Reading
- Misawa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Aomori 青森県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 39,152 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.6% from 40,196
- Area
- 119.87 km²
- Density
- 327 people per km²
- Households
- 17,252
- Under 15
- 12.8%
- 65 and over
- 26.9%
- Foreign residents
- 682 (1.7%)
- Code
- 02207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.misawa.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Misawa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Misawa
- Is Misawa a city or a prefecture?
- Misawa (三沢市) 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 Misawa?
- Misawa 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 Misawa?
- 39,152 at the 2020 census, down 2.6% from 40,196 in 2015. The area is 119.87 km², which is 327 people per km². 17,252 households. 26.9% of residents are 65 or older and 12.8% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Misawa?
- Four: Rokunohe Town (六戸町), Tohoku Town (東北町), Rokkasho Village (六ヶ所村), and Oirase Town (おいらせ町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Misawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Misawa written in Japanese?
- 三沢市, read Misawa-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 Misawa begin?
- 青森県三沢市… (Aomori-ken, Misawa-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.