Onomichi尾道市
Onomichi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Onomichi (尾道市, Onomichi-shi) is a city in Hiroshima Prefecture. Population 131,170 (2020 census), area 285.11 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
- 尾道市
- Reading
- Onomichi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hiroshima 広島県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 131,170 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.4% from 138,626
- Area
- 285.11 km²
- Density
- 460 people per km²
- Households
- 57,519
- Under 15
- 10.9%
- 65 and over
- 36.5%
- Foreign residents
- 2,877 (2.2%)
- Code
- 34205 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.onomichi.hiroshima.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Onomichi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Onomichi
- Is Onomichi a city or a prefecture?
- Onomichi (尾道市) 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 Onomichi?
- Onomichi 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 Onomichi?
- 131,170 at the 2020 census, down 5.4% from 138,626 in 2015. The area is 285.11 km², which is 460 people per km². 57,519 households. 36.5% of residents are 65 or older and 10.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Onomichi?
- Four: Mihara City (三原市), Fukuyama City (福山市), Fuchu City (府中市), and Sera Town (世羅町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Onomichi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Onomichi written in Japanese?
- 尾道市, read Onomichi-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 Onomichi begin?
- 広島県尾道市… (Hiroshima-ken, Onomichi-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.