Yanagawa柳川市
Yanagawa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Yanagawa (柳川市, Yanagawa-shi) is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 64,475 (2020 census), area 77.15 km². Borders 5 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
- 柳川市
- Reading
- Yanagawa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukuoka 福岡県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 64,475 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.9% from 67,777
- Area
- 77.15 km²
- Density
- 836 people per km²
- Households
- 24,114
- Under 15
- 11.9%
- 65 and over
- 33.6%
- Foreign residents
- 552 (0.9%)
- Code
- 40207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.yanagawa.fukuoka.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Yanagawa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Yanagawa
- Is Yanagawa a city or a prefecture?
- Yanagawa (柳川市) 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 Yanagawa?
- Yanagawa 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 Yanagawa?
- 64,475 at the 2020 census, down 4.9% from 67,777 in 2015. The area is 77.15 km², which is 836 people per km². 24,114 households. 33.6% of residents are 65 or older and 11.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Yanagawa?
- Five: Chikugo City (筑後市), Okawa City (大川市), Miyama City (みやま市), Oki Town (大木町), and Saga City (佐賀市) in Saga. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yanagawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Yanagawa written in Japanese?
- 柳川市, read Yanagawa-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 Yanagawa begin?
- 福岡県柳川市… (Fukuoka-ken, Yanagawa-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.