Hitachiomiya常陸大宮市
Hitachiomiya-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hitachiomiya (常陸大宮市, Hitachiomiya-shi) is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture. Population 39,267 (2020 census), area 348.45 km². Borders 7 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Ibaraki Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 常陸大宮市
- Reading
- Hitachiomiya-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ibaraki 茨城県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 39,267 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.8% from 42,587
- Area
- 348.45 km²
- Density
- 113 people per km²
- Households
- 15,643
- Under 15
- 9.4%
- 65 and over
- 37.6%
- Foreign residents
- 257 (0.7%)
- Code
- 08225 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.hitachiomiya.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Hitachiomiya. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hitachiomiya
- Is Hitachiomiya a city or a prefecture?
- Hitachiomiya (常陸大宮市) is a city (市, shi) in Ibaraki Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Hitachiomiya?
- Hitachiomiya is in Ibaraki Prefecture (茨城県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Hitachiomiya?
- 39,267 at the 2020 census, down 7.8% from 42,587 in 2015. The area is 348.45 km², which is 113 people per km². 15,643 households. 37.6% of residents are 65 or older and 9.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hitachiomiya?
- Seven: Hitachiota City (常陸太田市), Naka City (那珂市), Shirosato Town (城里町), Daigo Town (大子町), Nasukarasuyama City (那須烏山市) in Tochigi, Motegi Town (茂木町) in Tochigi, and Nakagawa Town (那珂川町) in Tochigi. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hitachiomiya in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hitachiomiya written in Japanese?
- 常陸大宮市, read Hitachiomiya-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 Hitachiomiya begin?
- 茨城県常陸大宮市… (Ibaraki-ken, Hitachiomiya-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.