Tomisato富里市
Tomisato-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Tomisato (富里市, Tomisato-shi) is a city in Chiba Prefecture. Population 49,735 (2020 census), area 53.88 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
- 富里市
- Reading
- Tomisato-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Chiba 千葉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 49,735 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.2% from 49,636
- Area
- 53.88 km²
- Density
- 923 people per km²
- Households
- 21,885
- Under 15
- 10.8%
- 65 and over
- 28.3%
- Foreign residents
- 2,889 (5.8%)
- Code
- 12233 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.tomisato.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Tomisato. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Tomisato
- Is Tomisato a city or a prefecture?
- Tomisato (富里市) 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 Tomisato?
- Tomisato 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 Tomisato?
- 49,735 at the 2020 census, up 0.2% from 49,636 in 2015. The area is 53.88 km², which is 923 people per km². 21,885 households. 28.3% of residents are 65 or older and 10.8% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Tomisato?
- Five: Narita City (成田市), Yachimata City (八街市), Sammu City (山武市), Shisui Town (酒々井町), and Shibayama Town (芝山町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tomisato in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Tomisato written in Japanese?
- 富里市, read Tomisato-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 Tomisato begin?
- 千葉県富里市… (Chiba-ken, Tomisato-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.