Bibai美唄市
Bibai-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Bibai (美唄市, Bibai-shi) is a city in Hokkaidō Prefecture. Population 20,413 (2020 census), area 277.69 km². Borders 6 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Hokkaidō Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 美唄市
- Reading
- Bibai-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Region
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Population
- 20,413 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -11.4% from 23,035
- Area
- 277.69 km²
- Density
- 74 people per km²
- Households
- 9,434
- Under 15
- 7.5%
- 65 and over
- 42.5%
- Foreign residents
- 44 (0.2%)
- Code
- 01215 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.bibai.hokkaido.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Bibai. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Bibai
- Is Bibai a city or a prefecture?
- Bibai (美唄市) is a city (市, shi) in Hokkaidō Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Bibai?
- Bibai is in Hokkaidō Prefecture (北海道), in the Hokkaidō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Bibai?
- 20,413 at the 2020 census, down 11.4% from 23,035 in 2015. The area is 277.69 km², which is 74 people per km². 9,434 households. 42.5% of residents are 65 or older and 7.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Bibai?
- Six: Iwamizawa City (岩見沢市), Ashibetsu City (芦別市), Mikasa City (三笠市), Naie Town (奈井江町), Tsukigata Town (月形町), and Urausu Town (浦臼町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Bibai in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Bibai written in Japanese?
- 美唄市, read Bibai-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 Bibai begin?
- 北海道美唄市… (Hokkaidō, Bibai-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.