Tatsunoたつの市
Tatsuno-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Tatsuno (たつの市, Tatsuno-shi) is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture. Population 74,316 (2020 census), area 210.87 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
- たつの市
- Reading
- Tatsuno-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hyōgo 兵庫県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 74,316 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.0% from 77,419
- Area
- 210.87 km²
- Density
- 352 people per km²
- Households
- 27,757
- Under 15
- 12.4%
- 65 and over
- 31.4%
- Foreign residents
- 544 (0.7%)
- Code
- 28229 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.tatsuno.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Tatsuno. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Tatsuno
- Is Tatsuno a city or a prefecture?
- Tatsuno (たつの市) 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 Tatsuno?
- Tatsuno 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 Tatsuno?
- 74,316 at the 2020 census, down 4.0% from 77,419 in 2015. The area is 210.87 km², which is 352 people per km². 27,757 households. 31.4% of residents are 65 or older and 12.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Tatsuno?
- Six: Himeji City (姫路市), Aioi City (相生市), Shiso City (宍粟市), Taishi Town (太子町), Kamigori Town (上郡町), and Sayo Town (佐用町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tatsuno in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Tatsuno written in Japanese?
- たつの市, read Tatsuno-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 Tatsuno begin?
- 兵庫県たつの市… (Hyōgo-ken, Tatsuno-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.