Tomioka富岡市
Tomioka-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Tomioka (富岡市, Tomioka-shi) is a city in Gunma Prefecture. Population 47,446 (2020 census), area 122.85 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Gunma Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 富岡市
- Reading
- Tomioka-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Gunma 群馬県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 47,446 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.6% from 49,746
- Area
- 122.85 km²
- Density
- 386 people per km²
- Households
- 18,514
- Under 15
- 10.7%
- 65 and over
- 34.6%
- Foreign residents
- 811 (1.7%)
- Code
- 10210 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.tomioka.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Tomioka. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Tomioka
- Is Tomioka a city or a prefecture?
- Tomioka (富岡市) is a city (市, shi) in Gunma Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Tomioka?
- Tomioka is in Gunma Prefecture (群馬県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Tomioka?
- 47,446 at the 2020 census, down 4.6% from 49,746 in 2015. The area is 122.85 km², which is 386 people per km². 18,514 households. 34.6% of residents are 65 or older and 10.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Tomioka?
- Four: Takasaki City (高崎市), Annaka City (安中市), Shimonita Town (下仁田町), and Kanra Town (甘楽町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tomioka in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Tomioka written in Japanese?
- 富岡市, read Tomioka-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 Tomioka begin?
- 群馬県富岡市… (Gunma-ken, Tomioka-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.