Takehara竹原市
Takehara-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Takehara (竹原市, Takehara-shi) is a city in Hiroshima Prefecture. Population 23,993 (2020 census), area 118.23 km². Borders 2 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
- 竹原市
- Reading
- Takehara-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hiroshima 広島県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 23,993 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -9.2% from 26,426
- Area
- 118.23 km²
- Density
- 203 people per km²
- Households
- 10,682
- Under 15
- 8.9%
- 65 and over
- 42.1%
- Foreign residents
- 235 (1.0%)
- Code
- 34203 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.takehara.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
2 places share a land border with Takehara. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Takehara
- Is Takehara a city or a prefecture?
- Takehara (竹原市) 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 Takehara?
- Takehara 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 Takehara?
- 23,993 at the 2020 census, down 9.2% from 26,426 in 2015. The area is 118.23 km², which is 203 people per km². 10,682 households. 42.1% of residents are 65 or older and 8.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Takehara?
- Two: Mihara City (三原市) and Higashihiroshima City (東広島市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Takehara in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Takehara written in Japanese?
- 竹原市, read Takehara-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 Takehara begin?
- 広島県竹原市… (Hiroshima-ken, Takehara-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.