Sunagawa砂川市
Sunagawa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Sunagawa (砂川市, Sunagawa-shi) is a city in Hokkaidō Prefecture. Population 16,486 (2020 census), area 78.68 km². Borders 6 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
- 砂川市
- Reading
- Sunagawa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Region
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Population
- 16,486 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.8% from 17,694
- Area
- 78.68 km²
- Density
- 210 people per km²
- Households
- 7,599
- Under 15
- 8.7%
- 65 and over
- 39.9%
- Foreign residents
- 29 (0.2%)
- Code
- 01226 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.sunagawa.hokkaido.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Sunagawa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Sunagawa
- Is Sunagawa a city or a prefecture?
- Sunagawa (砂川市) 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 Sunagawa?
- Sunagawa 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 Sunagawa?
- 16,486 at the 2020 census, down 6.8% from 17,694 in 2015. The area is 78.68 km², which is 210 people per km². 7,599 households. 39.9% of residents are 65 or older and 8.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Sunagawa?
- Six: Akabira City (赤平市), Takikawa City (滝川市), Utashinai City (歌志内市), Naie Town (奈井江町), Kamisunagawa Town (上砂川町), and Shintotsukawa Town (新十津川町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Sunagawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Sunagawa written in Japanese?
- 砂川市, read Sunagawa-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 Sunagawa begin?
- 北海道砂川市… (Hokkaidō, Sunagawa-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.