Takahagi高萩市
Takahagi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Takahagi (高萩市, Takahagi-shi) is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture. Population 27,699 (2020 census), area 193.58 km². Borders 4 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
- 高萩市
- Reading
- Takahagi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ibaraki 茨城県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 27,699 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.5% from 29,638
- Area
- 193.58 km²
- Density
- 143 people per km²
- Households
- 11,608
- Under 15
- 9.7%
- 65 and over
- 36.0%
- Foreign residents
- 211 (0.8%)
- Code
- 08214 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.takahagi.ibaraki.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Takahagi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Takahagi
- Is Takahagi a city or a prefecture?
- Takahagi (高萩市) 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 Takahagi?
- Takahagi 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 Takahagi?
- 27,699 at the 2020 census, down 6.5% from 29,638 in 2015. The area is 193.58 km², which is 143 people per km². 11,608 households. 36.0% of residents are 65 or older and 9.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Takahagi?
- Four: Hanawa Town (塙町) in Fukushima, Hitachi City (日立市), Hitachiota City (常陸太田市), and Kitaibaraki City (北茨城市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Takahagi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Takahagi written in Japanese?
- 高萩市, read Takahagi-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 Takahagi begin?
- 茨城県高萩市… (Ibaraki-ken, Takahagi-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.