Miyawaka宮若市
Miyawaka-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Miyawaka (宮若市, Miyawaka-shi) is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 26,298 (2020 census), area 139.99 km². Borders 9 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
- 宮若市
- Reading
- Miyawaka-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukuoka 福岡県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 26,298 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.5% from 28,112
- Area
- 139.99 km²
- Density
- 188 people per km²
- Households
- 10,540
- Under 15
- 12.0%
- 65 and over
- 36.8%
- Foreign residents
- 370 (1.4%)
- Code
- 40226 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.miyawaka.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Miyawaka. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Miyawaka
- Is Miyawaka a city or a prefecture?
- Miyawaka (宮若市) 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 Miyawaka?
- Miyawaka 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 Miyawaka?
- 26,298 at the 2020 census, down 6.5% from 28,112 in 2015. The area is 139.99 km², which is 188 people per km². 10,540 households. 36.8% of residents are 65 or older and 12.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Miyawaka?
- Nine: Nogata City (直方市), Iizuka City (飯塚市), Munakata City (宗像市), Koga City (古賀市), Fukutsu City (福津市), Sasaguri Town (篠栗町), Hisayama Town (久山町), Kotake Town (小竹町), and Kurate Town (鞍手町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Miyawaka in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Miyawaka written in Japanese?
- 宮若市, read Miyawaka-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 Miyawaka begin?
- 福岡県宮若市… (Fukuoka-ken, Miyawaka-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.