Minokamo美濃加茂市
Minokamo-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Minokamo (美濃加茂市, Minokamo-shi) is a city in Gifu Prefecture. Population 56,689 (2020 census), area 74.81 km². Borders 8 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
- 美濃加茂市
- Reading
- Minokamo-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Gifu 岐阜県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 56,689 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +2.4% from 55,384
- Area
- 74.81 km²
- Density
- 758 people per km²
- Households
- 21,880
- Under 15
- 15.2%
- 65 and over
- 23.4%
- Foreign residents
- 5,152 (9.1%)
- Code
- 21211 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.minokamo.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
8 places share a land border with Minokamo. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Minokamo
- Is Minokamo a city or a prefecture?
- Minokamo (美濃加茂市) 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 Minokamo?
- Minokamo 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 Minokamo?
- 56,689 at the 2020 census, up 2.4% from 55,384 in 2015. The area is 74.81 km², which is 758 people per km². 21,880 households. 23.4% of residents are 65 or older and 15.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Minokamo?
- Eight: Seki City (関市), Kani City (可児市), Sakahogi Town (坂祝町), Tomika Town (富加町), Kawabe Town (川辺町), Hichiso Town (七宗町), Yaotsu Town (八百津町), and Mitake Town (御嵩町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Minokamo in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Minokamo written in Japanese?
- 美濃加茂市, read Minokamo-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 Minokamo begin?
- 岐阜県美濃加茂市… (Gifu-ken, Minokamo-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.