Tsugaruつがる市
Tsugaru-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Tsugaru (つがる市, Tsugaru-shi) is a city in Aomori Prefecture. Population 30,934 (2020 census), area 253.55 km². Borders 5 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
- つがる市
- Reading
- Tsugaru-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Aomori 青森県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 30,934 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.1% from 33,316
- Area
- 253.55 km²
- Density
- 122 people per km²
- Households
- 10,823
- Under 15
- 9.4%
- 65 and over
- 38.8%
- Foreign residents
- 58 (0.2%)
- Code
- 02209 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.tsugaru.aomori.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Tsugaru. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Tsugaru
- Is Tsugaru a city or a prefecture?
- Tsugaru (つがる市) 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 Tsugaru?
- Tsugaru 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 Tsugaru?
- 30,934 at the 2020 census, down 7.1% from 33,316 in 2015. The area is 253.55 km², which is 122 people per km². 10,823 households. 38.8% of residents are 65 or older and 9.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Tsugaru?
- Five: Hirosaki City (弘前市), Goshogawara City (五所川原市), Ajigasawa Town (鰺ヶ沢町), Tsuruta Town (鶴田町), and Nakadomari Town (中泊町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tsugaru in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Tsugaru written in Japanese?
- つがる市, read Tsugaru-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 Tsugaru begin?
- 青森県つがる市… (Aomori-ken, Tsugaru-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.