Isumiいすみ市
Isumi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Isumi (いすみ市, Isumi-shi) is a city in Chiba Prefecture. Population 35,544 (2020 census), area 157.5 km². Borders 5 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
- いすみ市
- Reading
- Isumi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Chiba 千葉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 35,544 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.9% from 38,594
- Area
- 157.5 km²
- Density
- 226 people per km²
- Households
- 14,484
- Under 15
- 8.9%
- 65 and over
- 42.4%
- Foreign residents
- 443 (1.2%)
- Code
- 12238 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.isumi.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Isumi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Isumi
- Is Isumi a city or a prefecture?
- Isumi (いすみ市) 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 Isumi?
- Isumi 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 Isumi?
- 35,544 at the 2020 census, down 7.9% from 38,594 in 2015. The area is 157.5 km², which is 226 people per km². 14,484 households. 42.4% of residents are 65 or older and 8.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Isumi?
- Five: Katsura City (勝浦市), Ichinomiya Town (一宮町), Mutsuzawa Town (睦沢町), Otaki Town (大多喜町), and Onjuku Town (御宿町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Isumi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Isumi written in Japanese?
- いすみ市, read Isumi-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 Isumi begin?
- 千葉県いすみ市… (Chiba-ken, Isumi-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.