Yame八女市

Yame-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.

Yame (八女市, Yame-shi) is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 60,608 (2020 census), area 482.44 km². Borders 8 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.

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Facts

Japanese name

八女市

Reading

Yame-shi

Kind

City (市): a local government

Prefecture

Fukuoka 福岡県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

60,608 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-5.9% from 64,408

Area

482.44 km²

Density

126 people per km²

Households

22,296

Under 15

11.7%

65 and over

36.6%

Foreign residents

482 (0.8%)

Code

40210 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.yame.fukuoka.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

8 places share a land border with Yame. Borders across water are not counted.

• Kurume City久留米市
• Chikugo City筑後市
• Ukiha Cityうきは市
• Miyama Cityみやま市
• Hirokawa Town広川町
• Yamaga City山鹿市(Kumamoto)
• Nagomi Town和水町(Kumamoto)
• Hita City日田市(Ōita)

Questions about Yame

Is Yame a city or a prefecture?

Yame (八女市) 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 Yame?

Yame 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 Yame?

60,608 at the 2020 census, down 5.9% from 64,408 in 2015. The area is 482.44 km², which is 126 people per km². 22,296 households. 36.6% of residents are 65 or older and 11.7% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Yame?

Eight: Kurume City (久留米市), Chikugo City (筑後市), Ukiha City (うきは市), Miyama City (みやま市), Hirokawa Town (広川町), Yamaga City (山鹿市) in Kumamoto, Nagomi Town (和水町) in Kumamoto, and Hita City (日田市) in Ōita. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yame in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Yame written in Japanese?

八女市, read Yame-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 Yame begin?

福岡県八女市… (Fukuoka-ken, Yame-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.