Sabae鯖江市
Sabae-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Sabae (鯖江市, Sabae-shi) is a city in Fukui Prefecture. Population 68,302 (2020 census), area 84.59 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
- 鯖江市
- Reading
- Sabae-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukui 福井県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 68,302 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- 0.0% from 68,284
- Area
- 84.59 km²
- Density
- 807 people per km²
- Households
- 23,915
- Under 15
- 14.1%
- 65 and over
- 27.6%
- Foreign residents
- 871 (1.3%)
- Code
- 18207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.sabae.fukui.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Sabae. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Sabae
- Is Sabae a city or a prefecture?
- Sabae (鯖江市) 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 Sabae?
- Sabae 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 Sabae?
- 68,302 at the 2020 census, unchanged from 68,284 in 2015. The area is 84.59 km², which is 807 people per km². 23,915 households. 27.6% of residents are 65 or older and 14.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Sabae?
- Three: Fukui City (福井市), Echizen City (越前市), and Echizen Town (越前町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Sabae in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Sabae written in Japanese?
- 鯖江市, read Sabae-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 Sabae begin?
- 福井県鯖江市… (Fukui-ken, Sabae-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.