Ishikari石狩市
Ishikari-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Ishikari (石狩市, Ishikari-shi) is a city in Hokkaidō Prefecture. Population 56,869 (2020 census), area 722.42 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
- 石狩市
- Reading
- Ishikari-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Region
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Population
- 56,869 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -1.0% from 57,436
- Area
- 722.42 km²
- Density
- 79 people per km²
- Households
- 23,102
- Under 15
- 12.0%
- 65 and over
- 34.1%
- Foreign residents
- 451 (0.8%)
- Code
- 01235 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.ishikari.hokkaido.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Ishikari. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Ishikari
- Is Ishikari a city or a prefecture?
- Ishikari (石狩市) 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 Ishikari?
- Ishikari 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 Ishikari?
- 56,869 at the 2020 census, down 1.0% from 57,436 in 2015. The area is 722.42 km², which is 79 people per km². 23,102 households. 34.1% of residents are 65 or older and 12.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Ishikari?
- Six: Kita Ward (北区) of Sapporo, Teine Ward (手稲区) of Sapporo, Otaru City (小樽市), Tobetsu Town (当別町), Shintotsukawa Town (新十津川町), and Mashike Town (増毛町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Ishikari in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Ishikari written in Japanese?
- 石狩市, read Ishikari-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 Ishikari begin?
- 北海道石狩市… (Hokkaidō, Ishikari-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.