Nemuro根室市
Nemuro-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Nemuro (根室市, Nemuro-shi) is a city in Hokkaidō Prefecture. Population 24,636 (2020 census), area 506.25 km². Borders 2 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
- 根室市
- Reading
- Nemuro-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Region
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Population
- 24,636 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -8.5% from 26,917
- Area
- 506.25 km²
- Density
- 49 people per km²
- Households
- 11,153
- Under 15
- 9.7%
- 65 and over
- 35.3%
- Foreign residents
- 309 (1.3%)
- Code
- 01223 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.nemuro.hokkaido.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
2 places share a land border with Nemuro. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Nemuro
- Is Nemuro a city or a prefecture?
- Nemuro (根室市) 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 Nemuro?
- Nemuro 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 Nemuro?
- 24,636 at the 2020 census, down 8.5% from 26,917 in 2015. The area is 506.25 km², which is 49 people per km². 11,153 households. 35.3% of residents are 65 or older and 9.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Nemuro?
- Two: Hamanaka Town (浜中町) and Betsukai Town (別海町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Nemuro in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Nemuro written in Japanese?
- 根室市, read Nemuro-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 Nemuro begin?
- 北海道根室市… (Hokkaidō, Nemuro-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.