Mihara三原市
Mihara-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Mihara (三原市, Mihara-shi) is a city in Hiroshima Prefecture. Population 90,573 (2020 census), area 471.51 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Hiroshima Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 三原市
- Reading
- Mihara-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hiroshima 広島県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 90,573 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.8% from 96,194
- Area
- 471.51 km²
- Density
- 192 people per km²
- Households
- 39,091
- Under 15
- 11.5%
- 65 and over
- 35.6%
- Foreign residents
- 2,188 (2.4%)
- Code
- 34204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.mihara.hiroshima.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Mihara. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Mihara
- Is Mihara a city or a prefecture?
- Mihara (三原市) is a city (市, shi) in Hiroshima Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Mihara?
- Mihara is in Hiroshima Prefecture (広島県), in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Mihara?
- 90,573 at the 2020 census, down 5.8% from 96,194 in 2015. The area is 471.51 km², which is 192 people per km². 39,091 households. 35.6% of residents are 65 or older and 11.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Mihara?
- Four: Takehara City (竹原市), Onomichi City (尾道市), Higashihiroshima City (東広島市), and Sera Town (世羅町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Mihara in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Mihara written in Japanese?
- 三原市, read Mihara-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 Mihara begin?
- 広島県三原市… (Hiroshima-ken, Mihara-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.