Motomiya本宮市
Motomiya-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Motomiya (本宮市, Motomiya-shi) is a city in Fukushima Prefecture. Population 30,236 (2020 census), area 88.02 km². Borders 4 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
- 本宮市
- Reading
- Motomiya-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukushima 福島県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 30,236 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.2% from 30,924
- Area
- 88.02 km²
- Density
- 344 people per km²
- Households
- 10,571
- Under 15
- 12.8%
- 65 and over
- 28.4%
- Foreign residents
- 186 (0.6%)
- Code
- 07214 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.motomiya.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Motomiya. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Motomiya
- Is Motomiya a city or a prefecture?
- Motomiya (本宮市) 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 Motomiya?
- Motomiya 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 Motomiya?
- 30,236 at the 2020 census, down 2.2% from 30,924 in 2015. The area is 88.02 km², which is 344 people per km². 10,571 households. 28.4% of residents are 65 or older and 12.8% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Motomiya?
- Four: Koriyama City (郡山市), Nihommatsu City (二本松市), Otama Village (大玉村), and Miharu Town (三春町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Motomiya in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Motomiya written in Japanese?
- 本宮市, read Motomiya-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 Motomiya begin?
- 福島県本宮市… (Fukushima-ken, Motomiya-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.