Himeji姫路市
Himeji-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Himeji (姫路市, Himeji-shi) is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture. Population 530,495 (2020 census), area 534.56 km². Borders 9 places.
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
- 姫路市
- Reading
- Himeji-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hyōgo 兵庫県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 530,495 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -1.0% from 535,664
- Area
- 534.56 km²
- Density
- 992 people per km²
- Households
- 224,106
- Under 15
- 13.1%
- 65 and over
- 27.2%
- Foreign residents
- 10,815 (2.0%)
- Code
- 28201 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.himeji.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Himeji. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Himeji
- Is Himeji a city or a prefecture?
- Himeji (姫路市) 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 Himeji?
- Himeji 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 Himeji?
- 530,495 at the 2020 census, down 1.0% from 535,664 in 2015. The area is 534.56 km², which is 992 people per km². 224,106 households. 27.2% of residents are 65 or older and 13.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Himeji?
- Nine: Kakogawa City (加古川市), Takasago City (高砂市), Kasai City (加西市), Shiso City (宍粟市), Tatsuno City (たつの市), Ichikawa Town (市川町), Fukusaki Town (福崎町), Kamikawa Town (神河町), and Taishi Town (太子町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Himeji in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Himeji written in Japanese?
- 姫路市, read Himeji-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 Himeji begin?
- 兵庫県姫路市… (Hyōgo-ken, Himeji-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.