Aizuwakamatsu会津若松市
Aizuwakamatsu-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Aizuwakamatsu (会津若松市, Aizuwakamatsu-shi) is a city in Fukushima Prefecture. Population 117,376 (2020 census), area 382.97 km². Borders 9 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Fukushima Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 会津若松市
- Reading
- Aizuwakamatsu-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukushima 福島県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 117,376 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.4% from 124,062
- Area
- 382.97 km²
- Density
- 306 people per km²
- Households
- 49,022
- Under 15
- 11.7%
- 65 and over
- 31.4%
- Foreign residents
- 858 (0.7%)
- Code
- 07202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.aizuwakamatsu.fukushima.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Aizuwakamatsu. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Aizuwakamatsu
- Is Aizuwakamatsu a city or a prefecture?
- Aizuwakamatsu (会津若松市) is a city (市, shi) in Fukushima Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Aizuwakamatsu?
- Aizuwakamatsu is in Fukushima Prefecture (福島県), in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Aizuwakamatsu?
- 117,376 at the 2020 census, down 5.4% from 124,062 in 2015. The area is 382.97 km², which is 306 people per km². 49,022 households. 31.4% of residents are 65 or older and 11.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Aizuwakamatsu?
- Nine: Koriyama City (郡山市), Kitakata City (喜多方市), Tenei Village (天栄村), Shimogo Town (下郷町), Bandai Town (磐梯町), Inawashiro Town (猪苗代町), Aizubange Town (会津坂下町), Yugawa Village (湯川村), and Aizumisato Town (会津美里町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Aizuwakamatsu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Aizuwakamatsu written in Japanese?
- 会津若松市, read Aizuwakamatsu-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 Aizuwakamatsu begin?
- 福島県会津若松市… (Fukushima-ken, Aizuwakamatsu-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.