Sakai坂井市
Sakai-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Sakai (坂井市, Sakai-shi) is a city in Fukui Prefecture. Population 88,481 (2020 census), area 209.67 km². Borders 5 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
- 坂井市
- Reading
- Sakai-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukui 福井県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 88,481 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.0% from 90,280
- Area
- 209.67 km²
- Density
- 422 people per km²
- Households
- 31,067
- Under 15
- 13.1%
- 65 and over
- 28.9%
- Foreign residents
- 1,521 (1.7%)
- Code
- 18210 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.fukui-sakai.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Sakai. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Sakai
- Is Sakai a city or a prefecture?
- Sakai (坂井市) 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 Sakai?
- Sakai 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 Sakai?
- 88,481 at the 2020 census, down 2.0% from 90,280 in 2015. The area is 209.67 km², which is 422 people per km². 31,067 households. 28.9% of residents are 65 or older and 13.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Sakai?
- Five: Kaga City (加賀市) in Ishikawa, Fukui City (福井市), Katsuyama City (勝山市), Awara City (あわら市), and Eiheiji Town (永平寺町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Sakai in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Sakai written in Japanese?
- 坂井市, read Sakai-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 Sakai begin?
- 福井県坂井市… (Fukui-ken, Sakai-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.