Hitachiota常陸太田市
Hitachiota-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hitachiota (常陸太田市, Hitachiota-shi) is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture. Population 48,602 (2020 census), area 371.99 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
- 常陸太田市
- Reading
- Hitachiota-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ibaraki 茨城県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 48,602 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.1% from 52,294
- Area
- 371.99 km²
- Density
- 131 people per km²
- Households
- 19,243
- Under 15
- 8.9%
- 65 and over
- 38.7%
- Foreign residents
- 180 (0.4%)
- Code
- 08212 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.hitachiota.ibaraki.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Hitachiota. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hitachiota
- Is Hitachiota a city or a prefecture?
- Hitachiota (常陸太田市) 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 Hitachiota?
- Hitachiota 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 Hitachiota?
- 48,602 at the 2020 census, down 7.1% from 52,294 in 2015. The area is 371.99 km², which is 131 people per km². 19,243 households. 38.7% of residents are 65 or older and 8.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hitachiota?
- Seven: Yamatsuri Town (矢祭町) in Fukushima, Hanawa Town (塙町) in Fukushima, Hitachi City (日立市), Takahagi City (高萩市), Hitachiomiya City (常陸大宮市), Naka City (那珂市), and Daigo Town (大子町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hitachiota in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hitachiota written in Japanese?
- 常陸太田市, read Hitachiota-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 Hitachiota begin?
- 茨城県常陸太田市… (Ibaraki-ken, Hitachiota-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.