Miyoshi三次市
Miyoshi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Miyoshi (三次市, Miyoshi-shi) is a city in Hiroshima Prefecture. Population 50,681 (2020 census), area 778.18 km². Borders 8 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
- 三次市
- Reading
- Miyoshi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hiroshima 広島県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 50,681 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.5% from 53,615
- Area
- 778.18 km²
- Density
- 65 people per km²
- Households
- 21,377
- Under 15
- 11.7%
- 65 and over
- 36.6%
- Foreign residents
- 663 (1.3%)
- Code
- 34209 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.miyoshi.hiroshima.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
8 places share a land border with Miyoshi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Miyoshi
- Is Miyoshi a city or a prefecture?
- Miyoshi (三次市) 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 Miyoshi?
- Miyoshi 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 Miyoshi?
- 50,681 at the 2020 census, down 5.5% from 53,615 in 2015. The area is 778.18 km², which is 65 people per km². 21,377 households. 36.6% of residents are 65 or older and 11.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Miyoshi?
- Eight: Iinan Town (飯南町) in Shimane, Misato Town (美郷町) in Shimane, Onan Town (邑南町) in Shimane, Fuchu City (府中市), Shobara City (庄原市), Higashihiroshima City (東広島市), Akitakata City (安芸高田市), and Sera Town (世羅町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Miyoshi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Miyoshi written in Japanese?
- 三次市, read Miyoshi-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 Miyoshi begin?
- 広島県三次市… (Hiroshima-ken, Miyoshi-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.