Moriya守谷市
Moriya-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Moriya (守谷市, Moriya-shi) is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture. Population 68,421 (2020 census), area 35.71 km². Borders 5 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
- 守谷市
- Reading
- Moriya-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ibaraki 茨城県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 68,421 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +5.7% from 64,753
- Area
- 35.71 km²
- Density
- 1,916 people per km²
- Households
- 27,385
- Under 15
- 15.1%
- 65 and over
- 23.3%
- Foreign residents
- 1,168 (1.7%)
- Code
- 08224 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.moriya.ibaraki.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Moriya. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Moriya
- Is Moriya a city or a prefecture?
- Moriya (守谷市) 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 Moriya?
- Moriya 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 Moriya?
- 68,421 at the 2020 census, up 5.7% from 64,753 in 2015. The area is 35.71 km², which is 1,916 people per km². 27,385 households. 23.3% of residents are 65 or older and 15.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Moriya?
- Five: Joso City (常総市), Toride City (取手市), Tsukubamirai City (つくばみらい市), Noda City (野田市) in Chiba, and Kashiwa City (柏市) in Chiba. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Moriya in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Moriya written in Japanese?
- 守谷市, read Moriya-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 Moriya begin?
- 茨城県守谷市… (Ibaraki-ken, Moriya-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.