Shiroi白井市
Shiroi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Shiroi (白井市, Shiroi-shi) is a city in Chiba Prefecture. Population 62,441 (2020 census), area 35.48 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
- 白井市
- Reading
- Shiroi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Chiba 千葉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 62,441 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +1.2% from 61,674
- Area
- 35.48 km²
- Density
- 1,760 people per km²
- Households
- 24,141
- Under 15
- 13.8%
- 65 and over
- 27.7%
- Foreign residents
- 1,212 (1.9%)
- Code
- 12232 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.shiroi.chiba.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Shiroi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Shiroi
- Is Shiroi a city or a prefecture?
- Shiroi (白井市) 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 Shiroi?
- Shiroi 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 Shiroi?
- 62,441 at the 2020 census, up 1.2% from 61,674 in 2015. The area is 35.48 km², which is 1,760 people per km². 24,141 households. 27.7% of residents are 65 or older and 13.8% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Shiroi?
- Five: Funabashi City (船橋市), Kashiwa City (柏市), Yachiyo City (八千代市), Kamagaya City (鎌ケ谷市), and Inzai City (印西市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Shiroi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Shiroi written in Japanese?
- 白井市, read Shiroi-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 Shiroi begin?
- 千葉県白井市… (Chiba-ken, Shiroi-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.