Oamishirasato大網白里市
Oamishirasato-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Oamishirasato (大網白里市, Oamishirasato-shi) is a city in Chiba Prefecture. Population 48,129 (2020 census), area 58.08 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
- 大網白里市
- Reading
- Oamishirasato-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Chiba 千葉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 48,129 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.1% from 49,184
- Area
- 58.08 km²
- Density
- 829 people per km²
- Households
- 19,558
- Under 15
- 10.6%
- 65 and over
- 33.1%
- Foreign residents
- 615 (1.3%)
- Code
- 12239 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.oamishirasato.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Oamishirasato. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Oamishirasato
- Is Oamishirasato a city or a prefecture?
- Oamishirasato (大網白里市) 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 Oamishirasato?
- Oamishirasato 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 Oamishirasato?
- 48,129 at the 2020 census, down 2.1% from 49,184 in 2015. The area is 58.08 km², which is 829 people per km². 19,558 households. 33.1% of residents are 65 or older and 10.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Oamishirasato?
- Five: Midori Ward (緑区) of Chiba, Mobara City (茂原市), Togane City (東金市), Kujukuri Town (九十九里町), and Shirako Town (白子町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Oamishirasato in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Oamishirasato written in Japanese?
- 大網白里市, read Oamishirasato-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 Oamishirasato begin?
- 千葉県大網白里市… (Chiba-ken, Oamishirasato-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.