Rumoi留萌市
Rumoi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Rumoi (留萌市, Rumoi-shi) is a city in Hokkaidō Prefecture. Population 20,114 (2020 census), area 297.84 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
- 留萌市
- Reading
- Rumoi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Region
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Population
- 20,114 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -9.5% from 22,221
- Area
- 297.84 km²
- Density
- 68 people per km²
- Households
- 9,816
- Under 15
- 8.9%
- 65 and over
- 38.5%
- Foreign residents
- 135 (0.7%)
- Code
- 01212 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.e-rumoi.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Rumoi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Rumoi
- Is Rumoi a city or a prefecture?
- Rumoi (留萌市) 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 Rumoi?
- Rumoi 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 Rumoi?
- 20,114 at the 2020 census, down 9.5% from 22,221 in 2015. The area is 297.84 km², which is 68 people per km². 9,816 households. 38.5% of residents are 65 or older and 8.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Rumoi?
- Four: Hokuryu Town (北竜町), Numata Town (沼田町), Mashike Town (増毛町), and Obira Town (小平町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Rumoi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Rumoi written in Japanese?
- 留萌市, read Rumoi-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 Rumoi begin?
- 北海道留萌市… (Hokkaidō, Rumoi-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.