Osakikamijima大崎上島町

Osakikamijima-cho. The name ends in 町 (cho), the word for town.

Osakikamijima (大崎上島町, Osakikamijima-cho) is a town in Hiroshima Prefecture. Population 7,158 (2020 census), area 43.11 km².

A town (町 / chō or machi) in Toyota District, Hiroshima Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan. The district in its address groups towns and villages; it is not a government.

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Facts

Japanese name

大崎上島町

Reading

Osakikamijima-cho

Kind

Town (町): a local government

District (郡)

Toyota District 豊田郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Hiroshima 広島県

Region

Chūgoku 中国

Population

7,158 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-10.4% from 7,992

Area

43.11 km²

Density

166 people per km²

Households

3,437

Under 15

7.7%

65 and over

46.4%

Foreign residents

146 (2.0%)

Code

34431 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.town.osakikamijima.hiroshima.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

Osakikamijima shares no land border with another municipality.

Questions about Osakikamijima

Is Osakikamijima a city, a town, or a village?

Osakikamijima (大崎上島町) is a town (町, cho) in Hiroshima Prefecture. A town is a municipality on the same tier as a city, with its own mayor and assembly. The difference is size: a municipality generally needs 50,000 residents to become a city. Its address puts it in Toyota District (豊田郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Osakikamijima?

Osakikamijima 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 Osakikamijima?

7,158 at the 2020 census, down 10.4% from 7,992 in 2015. The area is 43.11 km², which is 166 people per km². 3,437 households. 46.4% of residents are 65 or older and 7.7% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Osakikamijima?

None. Osakikamijima shares no land border with another municipality. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Osakikamijima written in Japanese?

大崎上島町, read Osakikamijima-cho. The last character, 町 (cho), is the word for town, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Osakikamijima begin?

広島県豊田郡大崎上島町… (Hiroshima-ken, Toyota-gun, Osakikamijima-cho, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the town name. The district name is written but the district is not a government. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.