Mino美濃市
Mino-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Mino (美濃市, Mino-shi) is a city in Gifu Prefecture. Population 19,247 (2020 census), area 117.01 km². Borders 2 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
- 美濃市
- Reading
- Mino-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Gifu 岐阜県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 19,247 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.3% from 20,760
- Area
- 117.01 km²
- Density
- 164 people per km²
- Households
- 7,452
- Under 15
- 11.0%
- 65 and over
- 36.3%
- Foreign residents
- 490 (2.5%)
- Code
- 21207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.mino.gifu.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
2 places share a land border with Mino. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Mino
- Is Mino a city or a prefecture?
- Mino (美濃市) 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 Mino?
- Mino 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 Mino?
- 19,247 at the 2020 census, down 7.3% from 20,760 in 2015. The area is 117.01 km², which is 164 people per km². 7,452 households. 36.3% of residents are 65 or older and 11.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Mino?
- Two: Seki City (関市) and Gujo City (郡上市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Mino in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Mino written in Japanese?
- 美濃市, read Mino-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 Mino begin?
- 岐阜県美濃市… (Gifu-ken, Mino-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.