Nayoro名寄市
Nayoro-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Nayoro (名寄市, Nayoro-shi) is a city in Hokkaidō Prefecture. Population 27,282 (2020 census), area 535.2 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
- 名寄市
- Reading
- Nayoro-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Region
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Population
- 27,282 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.1% from 29,048
- Area
- 535.2 km²
- Density
- 51 people per km²
- Households
- 12,810
- Under 15
- 11.1%
- 65 and over
- 32.2%
- Foreign residents
- 50 (0.2%)
- Code
- 01221 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.nayoro.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Nayoro. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Nayoro
- Is Nayoro a city or a prefecture?
- Nayoro (名寄市) 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 Nayoro?
- Nayoro 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 Nayoro?
- 27,282 at the 2020 census, down 6.1% from 29,048 in 2015. The area is 535.2 km², which is 51 people per km². 12,810 households. 32.2% of residents are 65 or older and 11.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Nayoro?
- Five: Shibetsu City (士別市), Shimokawa Town (下川町), Bifuka Town (美深町), Horokanai Town (幌加内町), and Omu Town (雄武町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Nayoro in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Nayoro written in Japanese?
- 名寄市, read Nayoro-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 Nayoro begin?
- 北海道名寄市… (Hokkaidō, Nayoro-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.