Sukagawa須賀川市
Sukagawa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Sukagawa (須賀川市, Sukagawa-shi) is a city in Fukushima Prefecture. Population 74,992 (2020 census), area 279.43 km². Borders 5 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
- 須賀川市
- Reading
- Sukagawa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukushima 福島県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 74,992 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.2% from 77,441
- Area
- 279.43 km²
- Density
- 268 people per km²
- Households
- 27,127
- Under 15
- 12.8%
- 65 and over
- 28.6%
- Foreign residents
- 403 (0.5%)
- Code
- 07207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.sukagawa.fukushima.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Sukagawa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Sukagawa
- Is Sukagawa a city or a prefecture?
- Sukagawa (須賀川市) 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 Sukagawa?
- Sukagawa 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 Sukagawa?
- 74,992 at the 2020 census, down 3.2% from 77,441 in 2015. The area is 279.43 km², which is 268 people per km². 27,127 households. 28.6% of residents are 65 or older and 12.8% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Sukagawa?
- Five: Koriyama City (郡山市), Kagamiishi Town (鏡石町), Tenei Village (天栄村), Tamakawa Village (玉川村), and Hirata Village (平田村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Sukagawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Sukagawa written in Japanese?
- 須賀川市, read Sukagawa-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 Sukagawa begin?
- 福島県須賀川市… (Fukushima-ken, Sukagawa-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.