Shobara庄原市
Shobara-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Shobara (庄原市, Shobara-shi) is a city in Hiroshima Prefecture. Population 33,633 (2020 census), area 1,246.49 km². Borders 9 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
- 庄原市
- Reading
- Shobara-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hiroshima 広島県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 33,633 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -9.1% from 37,000
- Area
- 1,246.49 km²
- Density
- 27 people per km²
- Households
- 13,794
- Under 15
- 10.2%
- 65 and over
- 43.4%
- Foreign residents
- 424 (1.3%)
- Code
- 34210 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.shobara.hiroshima.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Shobara. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Shobara
- Is Shobara a city or a prefecture?
- Shobara (庄原市) 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 Shobara?
- Shobara 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 Shobara?
- 33,633 at the 2020 census, down 9.1% from 37,000 in 2015. The area is 1,246.49 km², which is 27 people per km². 13,794 households. 43.4% of residents are 65 or older and 10.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Shobara?
- Nine: Nichinan Town (日南町) in Tottori, Unnan City (雲南市) in Shimane, Okuizumo Town (奥出雲町) in Shimane, Iinan Town (飯南町) in Shimane, Takahashi City (高梁市) in Okayama, Niimi City (新見市) in Okayama, Fuchu City (府中市), Miyoshi City (三次市), and Jinsekikogen Town (神石高原町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Shobara in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Shobara written in Japanese?
- 庄原市, read Shobara-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 Shobara begin?
- 広島県庄原市… (Hiroshima-ken, Shobara-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.