Awaji淡路市
Awaji-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Awaji (淡路市, Awaji-shi) is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture. Population 41,967 (2020 census), area 184.32 km². Borders 1 place.
A city (市 / shi) in Hyōgo Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 淡路市
- Reading
- Awaji-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hyōgo 兵庫県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 41,967 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.6% from 43,977
- Area
- 184.32 km²
- Density
- 228 people per km²
- Households
- 17,494
- Under 15
- 10.7%
- 65 and over
- 38.9%
- Foreign residents
- 317 (0.8%)
- Code
- 28226 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.awaji.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
One place shares a land border with Awaji. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Awaji
- Is Awaji a city or a prefecture?
- Awaji (淡路市) is a city (市, shi) in Hyōgo Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Awaji?
- Awaji is in Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県), in the Kansai region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Awaji?
- 41,967 at the 2020 census, down 4.6% from 43,977 in 2015. The area is 184.32 km², which is 228 people per km². 17,494 households. 38.9% of residents are 65 or older and 10.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Awaji?
- One: Sumoto City (洲本市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Awaji in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Awaji written in Japanese?
- 淡路市, read Awaji-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 Awaji begin?
- 兵庫県淡路市… (Hyōgo-ken, Awaji-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.