Noboribetsu登別市
Noboribetsu-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Noboribetsu (登別市, Noboribetsu-shi) is a city in Hokkaidō Prefecture. Population 46,391 (2020 census), area 212.21 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
- 登別市
- Reading
- Noboribetsu-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Region
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Population
- 46,391 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.5% from 49,625
- Area
- 212.21 km²
- Density
- 219 people per km²
- Households
- 20,928
- Under 15
- 10.3%
- 65 and over
- 37.4%
- Foreign residents
- 180 (0.4%)
- Code
- 01230 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.noboribetsu.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Noboribetsu. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Noboribetsu
- Is Noboribetsu a city or a prefecture?
- Noboribetsu (登別市) 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 Noboribetsu?
- Noboribetsu 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 Noboribetsu?
- 46,391 at the 2020 census, down 6.5% from 49,625 in 2015. The area is 212.21 km², which is 219 people per km². 20,928 households. 37.4% of residents are 65 or older and 10.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Noboribetsu?
- Four: Muroran City (室蘭市), Date City (伊達市), Sobetsu Town (壮瞥町), and Shiraoi Town (白老町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Noboribetsu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Noboribetsu written in Japanese?
- 登別市, read Noboribetsu-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 Noboribetsu begin?
- 北海道登別市… (Hokkaidō, Noboribetsu-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.