Iwamizawa岩見沢市
Iwamizawa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Iwamizawa (岩見沢市, Iwamizawa-shi) is a city in Hokkaidō Prefecture. Population 79,306 (2020 census), area 481.02 km². Borders 9 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
- 岩見沢市
- Reading
- Iwamizawa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Region
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Population
- 79,306 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.1% from 84,499
- Area
- 481.02 km²
- Density
- 165 people per km²
- Households
- 35,584
- Under 15
- 9.9%
- 65 and over
- 36.5%
- Foreign residents
- 196 (0.2%)
- Code
- 01210 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.iwamizawa.hokkaido.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Iwamizawa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Iwamizawa
- Is Iwamizawa a city or a prefecture?
- Iwamizawa (岩見沢市) 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 Iwamizawa?
- Iwamizawa 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 Iwamizawa?
- 79,306 at the 2020 census, down 6.1% from 84,499 in 2015. The area is 481.02 km², which is 165 people per km². 35,584 households. 36.5% of residents are 65 or older and 9.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Iwamizawa?
- Nine: Yubari City (夕張市), Bibai City (美唄市), Ebetsu City (江別市), Mikasa City (三笠市), Shinshinotsu Village (新篠津村), Namporo Town (南幌町), Naganuma Town (長沼町), Kuriyama Town (栗山町), and Tsukigata Town (月形町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Iwamizawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Iwamizawa written in Japanese?
- 岩見沢市, read Iwamizawa-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 Iwamizawa begin?
- 北海道岩見沢市… (Hokkaidō, Iwamizawa-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.