Inashiki稲敷市
Inashiki-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Inashiki (稲敷市, Inashiki-shi) is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture. Population 39,039 (2020 census), area 205.81 km². Borders 9 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
- 稲敷市
- Reading
- Inashiki-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ibaraki 茨城県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 39,039 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -8.8% from 42,810
- Area
- 205.81 km²
- Density
- 190 people per km²
- Households
- 14,552
- Under 15
- 8.7%
- 65 and over
- 36.9%
- Foreign residents
- 1,066 (2.7%)
- Code
- 08229 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.inashiki.lg.jp/index.html
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Inashiki. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Inashiki
- Is Inashiki a city or a prefecture?
- Inashiki (稲敷市) 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 Inashiki?
- Inashiki 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 Inashiki?
- 39,039 at the 2020 census, down 8.8% from 42,810 in 2015. The area is 205.81 km², which is 190 people per km². 14,552 households. 36.9% of residents are 65 or older and 8.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Inashiki?
- Nine: Ryugasaki City (龍ケ崎市), Ushiku City (牛久市), Itako City (潮来市), Namegata City (行方市), Miho Village (美浦村), Ami Town (阿見町), Kawachi Town (河内町), Katori City (香取市) in Chiba, and Kozaki Town (神崎町) in Chiba. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Inashiki in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Inashiki written in Japanese?
- 稲敷市, read Inashiki-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 Inashiki begin?
- 茨城県稲敷市… (Ibaraki-ken, Inashiki-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.