Mikasa三笠市
Mikasa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Mikasa (三笠市, Mikasa-shi) is a city in Hokkaidō Prefecture. Population 8,040 (2020 census), area 302.52 km². Borders 4 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
- 三笠市
- Reading
- Mikasa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Region
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Population
- 8,040 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -11.4% from 9,076
- Area
- 302.52 km²
- Density
- 27 people per km²
- Households
- 3,816
- Under 15
- 8.1%
- 65 and over
- 47.5%
- Foreign residents
- 15 (0.2%)
- Code
- 01222 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.mikasa.hokkaido.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Mikasa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Mikasa
- Is Mikasa a city or a prefecture?
- Mikasa (三笠市) 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 Mikasa?
- Mikasa 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 Mikasa?
- 8,040 at the 2020 census, down 11.4% from 9,076 in 2015. The area is 302.52 km², which is 27 people per km². 3,816 households. 47.5% of residents are 65 or older and 8.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Mikasa?
- Four: Yubari City (夕張市), Iwamizawa City (岩見沢市), Bibai City (美唄市), and Ashibetsu City (芦別市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Mikasa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Mikasa written in Japanese?
- 三笠市, read Mikasa-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 Mikasa begin?
- 北海道三笠市… (Hokkaidō, Mikasa-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.