Hakodate函館市
Hakodate-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hakodate (函館市, Hakodate-shi) is a city in Hokkaidō Prefecture. Population 251,084 (2020 census), area 677.87 km². Borders 3 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
- 函館市
- Reading
- Hakodate-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Region
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Population
- 251,084 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.6% from 265,979
- Area
- 677.87 km²
- Density
- 370 people per km²
- Households
- 121,793
- Under 15
- 9.4%
- 65 and over
- 36.0%
- Foreign residents
- 1,107 (0.4%)
- Code
- 01202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.hakodate.hokkaido.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Hakodate. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hakodate
- Is Hakodate a city or a prefecture?
- Hakodate (函館市) 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 Hakodate?
- Hakodate 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 Hakodate?
- 251,084 at the 2020 census, down 5.6% from 265,979 in 2015. The area is 677.87 km², which is 370 people per km². 121,793 households. 36.0% of residents are 65 or older and 9.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hakodate?
- Three: Hokuto City (北斗市), Nanae Town (七飯町), and Shikabe Town (鹿部町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hakodate in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hakodate written in Japanese?
- 函館市, read Hakodate-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 Hakodate begin?
- 北海道函館市… (Hokkaidō, Hakodate-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.