Itoshima糸島市
Itoshima-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Itoshima (糸島市, Itoshima-shi) is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 98,877 (2020 census), area 215.7 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Fukuoka Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 糸島市
- Reading
- Itoshima-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukuoka 福岡県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 98,877 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +2.5% from 96,475
- Area
- 215.7 km²
- Density
- 458 people per km²
- Households
- 37,792
- Under 15
- 13.8%
- 65 and over
- 30.0%
- Foreign residents
- 1,180 (1.2%)
- Code
- 40230 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.itoshima.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Itoshima. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Itoshima
- Is Itoshima a city or a prefecture?
- Itoshima (糸島市) is a city (市, shi) in Fukuoka Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Itoshima?
- Itoshima is in Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県), in the Kyūshū-Okinawa region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Itoshima?
- 98,877 at the 2020 census, up 2.5% from 96,475 in 2015. The area is 215.7 km², which is 458 people per km². 37,792 households. 30.0% of residents are 65 or older and 13.8% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Itoshima?
- Four: Nishi Ward (西区) of Fukuoka, Sawara Ward (早良区) of Fukuoka, Saga City (佐賀市) in Saga, and Karatsu City (唐津市) in Saga. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Itoshima in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Itoshima written in Japanese?
- 糸島市, read Itoshima-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 Itoshima begin?
- 福岡県糸島市… (Fukuoka-ken, Itoshima-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.