Tachiarai大刀洗町

Tachiarai-machi. The name ends in 町 (machi), the word for town.

Tachiarai (大刀洗町, Tachiarai-machi) is a town in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 15,521 (2020 census), area 22.84 km². Borders 4 places.

A town (町 / chō or machi) in Mii District, Fukuoka Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan. The district in its address groups towns and villages; it is not a government.

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Facts

Japanese name

大刀洗町

Reading

Tachiarai-machi

Kind

Town (町): a local government

District (郡)

Mii District 三井郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Fukuoka 福岡県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

15,521 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+2.5% from 15,138

Area

22.84 km²

Density

680 people per km²

Households

5,616

Under 15

15.1%

65 and over

28.0%

Foreign residents

322 (2.1%)

Code

40503 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.town.tachiarai.fukuoka.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

4 places share a land border with Tachiarai. Borders across water are not counted.

• Kurume City久留米市
• Ogori City小郡市
• Asakura City朝倉市
• Chikuzen Town筑前町

Questions about Tachiarai

Is Tachiarai a city, a town, or a village?

Tachiarai (大刀洗町) is a town (町, machi) in Fukuoka Prefecture. A town is a municipality on the same tier as a city, with its own mayor and assembly. The difference is size: a municipality generally needs 50,000 residents to become a city. Its address puts it in Mii District (三井郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Tachiarai?

Tachiarai 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 Tachiarai?

15,521 at the 2020 census, up 2.5% from 15,138 in 2015. The area is 22.84 km², which is 680 people per km². 5,616 households. 28.0% of residents are 65 or older and 15.1% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Tachiarai?

Four: Kurume City (久留米市), Ogori City (小郡市), Asakura City (朝倉市), and Chikuzen Town (筑前町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tachiarai in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Tachiarai written in Japanese?

大刀洗町, read Tachiarai-machi. The last character, 町 (machi), is the word for town, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Tachiarai begin?

福岡県三井郡大刀洗町… (Fukuoka-ken, Mii-gun, Tachiarai-machi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the town name. The district name is written but the district is not a government. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.