Saijo西条市
Saijo-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Saijo (西条市, Saijo-shi) is a city in Ehime Prefecture. Population 104,791 (2020 census), area 510.04 km². Borders 5 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
- 西条市
- Reading
- Saijo-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ehime 愛媛県
- Region
- Shikoku 四国
- Population
- 104,791 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.1% from 108,174
- Area
- 510.04 km²
- Density
- 205 people per km²
- Households
- 45,193
- Under 15
- 12.4%
- 65 and over
- 33.0%
- Foreign residents
- 1,399 (1.3%)
- Code
- 38206 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.saijo.ehime.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Saijo. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Saijo
- Is Saijo a city or a prefecture?
- Saijo (西条市) 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 Saijo?
- Saijo 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 Saijo?
- 104,791 at the 2020 census, down 3.1% from 108,174 in 2015. The area is 510.04 km², which is 205 people per km². 45,193 households. 33.0% of residents are 65 or older and 12.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Saijo?
- Five: Imabari City (今治市), Niihama City (新居浜市), Toon City (東温市), Kumakogen Town (久万高原町), and Ino Town (いの町) in Kōchi. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Saijo in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Saijo written in Japanese?
- 西条市, read Saijo-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 Saijo begin?
- 愛媛県西条市… (Ehime-ken, Saijo-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.