Tagawa田川市
Tagawa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Tagawa (田川市, Tagawa-shi) is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 46,203 (2020 census), area 54.55 km². Borders 7 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
- 田川市
- Reading
- Tagawa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukuoka 福岡県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 46,203 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.6% from 48,441
- Area
- 54.55 km²
- Density
- 847 people per km²
- Households
- 20,588
- Under 15
- 12.4%
- 65 and over
- 34.9%
- Foreign residents
- 466 (1.0%)
- Code
- 40206 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.joho.tagawa.fukuoka.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Tagawa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Tagawa
- Is Tagawa a city or a prefecture?
- Tagawa (田川市) 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 Tagawa?
- Tagawa 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 Tagawa?
- 46,203 at the 2020 census, down 4.6% from 48,441 in 2015. The area is 54.55 km², which is 847 people per km². 20,588 households. 34.9% of residents are 65 or older and 12.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Tagawa?
- Seven: Iizuka City (飯塚市), Kama City (嘉麻市), Kawara Town (香春町), Itoda Town (糸田町), Kawasaki Town (川崎町), Oto Town (大任町), and Fukuchi Town (福智町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tagawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Tagawa written in Japanese?
- 田川市, read Tagawa-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 Tagawa begin?
- 福岡県田川市… (Fukuoka-ken, Tagawa-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.