Asahi旭市
Asahi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Asahi (旭市, Asahi-shi) is a city in Chiba Prefecture. Population 63,745 (2020 census), area 130.45 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Chiba Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 旭市
- Reading
- Asahi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Chiba 千葉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 63,745 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.3% from 66,586
- Area
- 130.45 km²
- Density
- 489 people per km²
- Households
- 24,299
- Under 15
- 11.3%
- 65 and over
- 31.3%
- Foreign residents
- 1,396 (2.2%)
- Code
- 12215 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.asahi.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Asahi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Asahi
- Is Asahi a city or a prefecture?
- Asahi (旭市) is a city (市, shi) in Chiba Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Asahi?
- Asahi is in Chiba Prefecture (千葉県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Asahi?
- 63,745 at the 2020 census, down 4.3% from 66,586 in 2015. The area is 130.45 km², which is 489 people per km². 24,299 households. 31.3% of residents are 65 or older and 11.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Asahi?
- Four: Choshi City (銚子市), Sosa City (匝瑳市), Katori City (香取市), and Tonosho Town (東庄町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Asahi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Asahi written in Japanese?
- 旭市, read Asahi-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 Asahi begin?
- 千葉県旭市… (Chiba-ken, Asahi-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.