Date伊達市
Date-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Date (伊達市, Date-shi) is a city in Fukushima Prefecture. Population 58,240 (2020 census), area 265.12 km². Borders 8 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
- 伊達市
- Reading
- Date-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukushima 福島県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 58,240 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.7% from 62,400
- Area
- 265.12 km²
- Density
- 220 people per km²
- Households
- 21,158
- Under 15
- 10.3%
- 65 and over
- 36.1%
- Foreign residents
- 410 (0.7%)
- Code
- 07213 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.fukushima-date.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
8 places share a land border with Date. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Date
- Is Date a city or a prefecture?
- Date (伊達市) 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 Date?
- Date 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 Date?
- 58,240 at the 2020 census, down 6.7% from 62,400 in 2015. The area is 265.12 km², which is 220 people per km². 21,158 households. 36.1% of residents are 65 or older and 10.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Date?
- Eight: Shiroishi City (白石市) in Miyagi, Marumori Town (丸森町) in Miyagi, Fukushima City (福島市), Soma City (相馬市), Kori Town (桑折町), Kunimi Town (国見町), Kawamata Town (川俣町), and Iitate Village (飯舘村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Date in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Date written in Japanese?
- 伊達市, read Date-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 Date begin?
- 福島県伊達市… (Fukushima-ken, Date-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.