Yabuki矢吹町

Yabuki-machi. The name ends in 町 (machi), the word for town.

Yabuki (矢吹町, Yabuki-machi) is a town in Fukushima Prefecture. Population 17,287 (2020 census), area 60.4 km². Borders 7 places.

A town (町 / chō or machi) in Nishishirakawa District, Fukushima Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan. The district in its address groups towns and villages; it is not a government.

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Facts

Japanese name

矢吹町

Reading

Yabuki-machi

Kind

Town (町): a local government

District (郡)

Nishishirakawa District 西白河郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Fukushima 福島県

Region

Tōhoku 東北

Population

17,287 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-0.5% from 17,370

Area

60.4 km²

Density

286 people per km²

Households

6,102

Under 15

12.3%

65 and over

31.4%

Foreign residents

163 (0.9%)

Code

07466 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.town.yabuki.fukushima.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

7 places share a land border with Yabuki. Borders across water are not counted.

• Shirakawa City白河市
• Kagamiishi Town鏡石町
• Tenei Village天栄村
• Izumizaki Village泉崎村
• Nakajima Village中島村
• Ishikawa Town石川町
• Tamakawa Village玉川村

Questions about Yabuki

Is Yabuki a city, a town, or a village?

Yabuki (矢吹町) is a town (町, machi) in Fukushima Prefecture. A town is a municipality on the same tier as a city, with its own mayor and assembly. The difference is size: a municipality generally needs 50,000 residents to become a city. Its address puts it in Nishishirakawa District (西白河郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Yabuki?

Yabuki 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 Yabuki?

17,287 at the 2020 census, down 0.5% from 17,370 in 2015. The area is 60.4 km², which is 286 people per km². 6,102 households. 31.4% of residents are 65 or older and 12.3% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Yabuki?

Seven: Shirakawa City (白河市), Kagamiishi Town (鏡石町), Tenei Village (天栄村), Izumizaki Village (泉崎村), Nakajima Village (中島村), Ishikawa Town (石川町), and Tamakawa Village (玉川村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yabuki in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Yabuki written in Japanese?

矢吹町, read Yabuki-machi. The last character, 町 (machi), is the word for town, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Yabuki begin?

福島県西白河郡矢吹町… (Fukushima-ken, Nishishirakawa-gun, Yabuki-machi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the town name. The district name is written but the district is not a government. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.