Takarazuka宝塚市
Takarazuka-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Takarazuka (宝塚市, Takarazuka-shi) is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture. Population 226,432 (2020 census), area 101.8 km². Borders 6 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
- 宝塚市
- Reading
- Takarazuka-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hyōgo 兵庫県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 226,432 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.7% from 224,903
- Area
- 101.8 km²
- Density
- 2,224 people per km²
- Households
- 95,465
- Under 15
- 13.0%
- 65 and over
- 28.6%
- Foreign residents
- 2,703 (1.2%)
- Code
- 28214 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.takarazuka.hyogo.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Takarazuka. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Takarazuka
- Is Takarazuka a city or a prefecture?
- Takarazuka (宝塚市) 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 Takarazuka?
- Takarazuka 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 Takarazuka?
- 226,432 at the 2020 census, up 0.7% from 224,903 in 2015. The area is 101.8 km², which is 2,224 people per km². 95,465 households. 28.6% of residents are 65 or older and 13.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Takarazuka?
- Six: Kita Ward (北区) of Kobe, Nishinomiya City (西宮市), Itami City (伊丹市), Kawanishi City (川西市), Sanda City (三田市), and Inagawa Town (猪名川町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Takarazuka in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Takarazuka written in Japanese?
- 宝塚市, read Takarazuka-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 Takarazuka begin?
- 兵庫県宝塚市… (Hyōgo-ken, Takarazuka-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.