Obama小浜市
Obama-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Obama (小浜市, Obama-shi) is a city in Fukui Prefecture. Population 28,991 (2020 census), area 233.11 km². Borders 3 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Fukui Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 小浜市
- Reading
- Obama-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukui 福井県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 28,991 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.3% from 29,670
- Area
- 233.11 km²
- Density
- 124 people per km²
- Households
- 12,082
- Under 15
- 12.1%
- 65 and over
- 32.7%
- Foreign residents
- 300 (1.0%)
- Code
- 18204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www1.city.obama.fukui.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Obama. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Obama
- Is Obama a city or a prefecture?
- Obama (小浜市) is a city (市, shi) in Fukui Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Obama?
- Obama is in Fukui Prefecture (福井県), in the Chūbu region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Obama?
- 28,991 at the 2020 census, down 2.3% from 29,670 in 2015. The area is 233.11 km², which is 124 people per km². 12,082 households. 32.7% of residents are 65 or older and 12.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Obama?
- Three: Oi Town (おおい町), Wakasa Town (若狭町), and Takashima City (高島市) in Shiga. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Obama in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Obama written in Japanese?
- 小浜市, read Obama-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 Obama begin?
- 福井県小浜市… (Fukui-ken, Obama-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.