Hida飛騨市
Hida-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hida (飛騨市, Hida-shi) is a city in Gifu Prefecture. Population 22,538 (2020 census), area 792.53 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Gifu Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 飛騨市
- Reading
- Hida-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Gifu 岐阜県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 22,538 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -8.7% from 24,696
- Area
- 792.53 km²
- Density
- 28 people per km²
- Households
- 8,196
- Under 15
- 10.6%
- 65 and over
- 40.4%
- Foreign residents
- 123 (0.5%)
- Code
- 21217 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.hida.gifu.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Hida. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hida
- Is Hida a city or a prefecture?
- Hida (飛騨市) is a city (市, shi) in Gifu Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Hida?
- Hida is in Gifu Prefecture (岐阜県), in the Chūbu region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Hida?
- 22,538 at the 2020 census, down 8.7% from 24,696 in 2015. The area is 792.53 km², which is 28 people per km². 8,196 households. 40.4% of residents are 65 or older and 10.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hida?
- Four: Toyama City (富山市) in Toyama, Nanto City (南砺市) in Toyama, Takayama City (高山市), and Shirakawa Village (白川村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hida in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hida written in Japanese?
- 飛騨市, read Hida-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 Hida begin?
- 岐阜県飛騨市… (Gifu-ken, Hida-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.