Takikawa滝川市
Takikawa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Takikawa (滝川市, Takikawa-shi) is a city in Hokkaidō Prefecture. Population 39,490 (2020 census), area 115.9 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
- 滝川市
- Reading
- Takikawa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Region
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Population
- 39,490 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.1% from 41,192
- Area
- 115.9 km²
- Density
- 341 people per km²
- Households
- 18,688
- Under 15
- 10.1%
- 65 and over
- 35.4%
- Foreign residents
- 110 (0.3%)
- Code
- 01225 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.takikawa.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Takikawa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Takikawa
- Is Takikawa a city or a prefecture?
- Takikawa (滝川市) 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 Takikawa?
- Takikawa 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 Takikawa?
- 39,490 at the 2020 census, down 4.1% from 41,192 in 2015. The area is 115.9 km², which is 341 people per km². 18,688 households. 35.4% of residents are 65 or older and 10.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Takikawa?
- Six: Akabira City (赤平市), Sunagawa City (砂川市), Fukagawa City (深川市), Shintotsukawa Town (新十津川町), Moseushi Town (妹背牛町), and Uryu Town (雨竜町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Takikawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Takikawa written in Japanese?
- 滝川市, read Takikawa-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 Takikawa begin?
- 北海道滝川市… (Hokkaidō, Takikawa-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.