Eniwa恵庭市
Eniwa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Eniwa (恵庭市, Eniwa-shi) is a city in Hokkaidō Prefecture. Population 70,331 (2020 census), area 294.65 km². Borders 5 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
- 恵庭市
- Reading
- Eniwa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Region
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Population
- 70,331 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.9% from 69,702
- Area
- 294.65 km²
- Density
- 239 people per km²
- Households
- 30,276
- Under 15
- 12.4%
- 65 and over
- 28.1%
- Foreign residents
- 446 (0.6%)
- Code
- 01231 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.eniwa.hokkaido.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Eniwa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Eniwa
- Is Eniwa a city or a prefecture?
- Eniwa (恵庭市) 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 Eniwa?
- Eniwa 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 Eniwa?
- 70,331 at the 2020 census, up 0.9% from 69,702 in 2015. The area is 294.65 km², which is 239 people per km². 30,276 households. 28.1% of residents are 65 or older and 12.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Eniwa?
- Five: Minami Ward (南区) of Sapporo, Kiyota Ward (清田区) of Sapporo, Chitose City (千歳市), Kitahiroshima City (北広島市), and Naganuma Town (長沼町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Eniwa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Eniwa written in Japanese?
- 恵庭市, read Eniwa-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 Eniwa begin?
- 北海道恵庭市… (Hokkaidō, Eniwa-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.