Sakuragawa桜川市
Sakuragawa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Sakuragawa (桜川市, Sakuragawa-shi) is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture. Population 39,122 (2020 census), area 180.06 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
- 桜川市
- Reading
- Sakuragawa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ibaraki 茨城県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 39,122 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -8.2% from 42,632
- Area
- 180.06 km²
- Density
- 217 people per km²
- Households
- 13,453
- Under 15
- 10.2%
- 65 and over
- 34.4%
- Foreign residents
- 294 (0.8%)
- Code
- 08231 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.sakuragawa.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Sakuragawa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Sakuragawa
- Is Sakuragawa a city or a prefecture?
- Sakuragawa (桜川市) 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 Sakuragawa?
- Sakuragawa 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 Sakuragawa?
- 39,122 at the 2020 census, down 8.2% from 42,632 in 2015. The area is 180.06 km², which is 217 people per km². 13,453 households. 34.4% of residents are 65 or older and 10.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Sakuragawa?
- Seven: Ishioka City (石岡市), Kasama City (笠間市), Tsukuba City (つくば市), Chikusei City (筑西市), Moka City (真岡市) in Tochigi, Mashiko Town (益子町) in Tochigi, and Motegi Town (茂木町) in Tochigi. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Sakuragawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Sakuragawa written in Japanese?
- 桜川市, read Sakuragawa-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 Sakuragawa begin?
- 茨城県桜川市… (Ibaraki-ken, Sakuragawa-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.