Yubari夕張市
Yubari-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Yubari (夕張市, Yubari-shi) is a city in Hokkaidō Prefecture. Population 7,334 (2020 census), area 763.07 km². Borders 9 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
- 夕張市
- Reading
- Yubari-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Region
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Population
- 7,334 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -17.1% from 8,843
- Area
- 763.07 km²
- Density
- 10 people per km²
- Households
- 3,807
- Under 15
- 5.6%
- 65 and over
- 52.2%
- Foreign residents
- 87 (1.2%)
- Code
- 01209 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.yubari.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Yubari. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Yubari
- Is Yubari a city or a prefecture?
- Yubari (夕張市) 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 Yubari?
- Yubari 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 Yubari?
- 7,334 at the 2020 census, down 17.1% from 8,843 in 2015. The area is 763.07 km², which is 10 people per km². 3,807 households. 52.2% of residents are 65 or older and 5.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Yubari?
- Nine: Iwamizawa City (岩見沢市), Ashibetsu City (芦別市), Mikasa City (三笠市), Yuni Town (由仁町), Kuriyama Town (栗山町), Minamifurano Town (南富良野町), Shimukappu Village (占冠村), Atsuma Town (厚真町), and Mukawa Town (むかわ町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yubari in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Yubari written in Japanese?
- 夕張市, read Yubari-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 Yubari begin?
- 北海道夕張市… (Hokkaidō, Yubari-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.