Niihama新居浜市
Niihama-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Niihama (新居浜市, Niihama-shi) is a city in Ehime Prefecture. Population 115,938 (2020 census), area 234.5 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
- 新居浜市
- Reading
- Niihama-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ehime 愛媛県
- Region
- Shikoku 四国
- Population
- 115,938 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.3% from 119,903
- Area
- 234.5 km²
- Density
- 494 people per km²
- Households
- 51,310
- Under 15
- 12.3%
- 65 and over
- 32.6%
- Foreign residents
- 1,326 (1.1%)
- Code
- 38205 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.niihama.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Niihama. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Niihama
- Is Niihama a city or a prefecture?
- Niihama (新居浜市) 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 Niihama?
- Niihama 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 Niihama?
- 115,938 at the 2020 census, down 3.3% from 119,903 in 2015. The area is 234.5 km², which is 494 people per km². 51,310 households. 32.6% of residents are 65 or older and 12.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Niihama?
- Four: Saijo City (西条市), Shikokuchuo City (四国中央市), Okawa Village (大川村) in Kōchi, and Ino Town (いの町) in Kōchi. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Niihama in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Niihama written in Japanese?
- 新居浜市, read Niihama-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 Niihama begin?
- 愛媛県新居浜市… (Ehime-ken, Niihama-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.