Toride取手市
Toride-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Toride (取手市, Toride-shi) is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture. Population 104,524 (2020 census), area 69.94 km². Borders 6 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
- 取手市
- Reading
- Toride-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ibaraki 茨城県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 104,524 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -1.9% from 106,570
- Area
- 69.94 km²
- Density
- 1,494 people per km²
- Households
- 45,447
- Under 15
- 10.1%
- 65 and over
- 34.8%
- Foreign residents
- 1,504 (1.4%)
- Code
- 08217 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.toride.ibaraki.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Toride. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Toride
- Is Toride a city or a prefecture?
- Toride (取手市) 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 Toride?
- Toride 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 Toride?
- 104,524 at the 2020 census, down 1.9% from 106,570 in 2015. The area is 69.94 km², which is 1,494 people per km². 45,447 households. 34.8% of residents are 65 or older and 10.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Toride?
- Six: Ryugasaki City (龍ケ崎市), Moriya City (守谷市), Tsukubamirai City (つくばみらい市), Tone Town (利根町), Kashiwa City (柏市) in Chiba, and Abiko City (我孫子市) in Chiba. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Toride in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Toride written in Japanese?
- 取手市, read Toride-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 Toride begin?
- 茨城県取手市… (Ibaraki-ken, Toride-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.