Minamisoma南相馬市
Minamisoma-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Minamisoma (南相馬市, Minamisoma-shi) is a city in Fukushima Prefecture. Population 59,005 (2020 census), area 398.58 km². Borders 3 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
- 南相馬市
- Reading
- Minamisoma-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukushima 福島県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 59,005 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +2.1% from 57,797
- Area
- 398.58 km²
- Density
- 148 people per km²
- Households
- 26,349
- Under 15
- 8.7%
- 65 and over
- 36.2%
- Foreign residents
- 446 (0.8%)
- Code
- 07212 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.minamisoma.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Minamisoma. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Minamisoma
- Is Minamisoma a city or a prefecture?
- Minamisoma (南相馬市) 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 Minamisoma?
- Minamisoma 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 Minamisoma?
- 59,005 at the 2020 census, up 2.1% from 57,797 in 2015. The area is 398.58 km², which is 148 people per km². 26,349 households. 36.2% of residents are 65 or older and 8.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Minamisoma?
- Three: Soma City (相馬市), Namie Town (浪江町), and Iitate Village (飯舘村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Minamisoma in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Minamisoma written in Japanese?
- 南相馬市, read Minamisoma-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 Minamisoma begin?
- 福島県南相馬市… (Fukushima-ken, Minamisoma-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.