Iyo伊予市
Iyo-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Iyo (伊予市, Iyo-shi) is a city in Ehime Prefecture. Population 35,133 (2020 census), area 194.44 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Ehime Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 伊予市
- Reading
- Iyo-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ehime 愛媛県
- Region
- Shikoku 四国
- Population
- 35,133 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.6% from 36,827
- Area
- 194.44 km²
- Density
- 181 people per km²
- Households
- 14,161
- Under 15
- 12.2%
- 65 and over
- 34.2%
- Foreign residents
- 234 (0.7%)
- Code
- 38210 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.iyo.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Iyo. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Iyo
- Is Iyo a city or a prefecture?
- Iyo (伊予市) is a city (市, shi) in Ehime Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Iyo?
- Iyo is in Ehime Prefecture (愛媛県), in the Shikoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Iyo?
- 35,133 at the 2020 census, down 4.6% from 36,827 in 2015. The area is 194.44 km², which is 181 people per km². 14,161 households. 34.2% of residents are 65 or older and 12.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Iyo?
- Four: Ozu City (大洲市), Masaki Town (松前町), Tobe Town (砥部町), and Uchiko Town (内子町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Iyo in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Iyo written in Japanese?
- 伊予市, read Iyo-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 Iyo begin?
- 愛媛県伊予市… (Ehime-ken, Iyo-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.