Hakui羽咋市
Hakui-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hakui (羽咋市, Hakui-shi) is a city in Ishikawa Prefecture. Population 20,407 (2020 census), area 81.85 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Ishikawa Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 羽咋市
- Reading
- Hakui-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ishikawa 石川県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 20,407 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.1% from 21,729
- Area
- 81.85 km²
- Density
- 249 people per km²
- Households
- 8,046
- Under 15
- 9.4%
- 65 and over
- 40.4%
- Foreign residents
- 145 (0.7%)
- Code
- 17207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.hakui.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Hakui. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hakui
- Is Hakui a city or a prefecture?
- Hakui (羽咋市) is a city (市, shi) in Ishikawa Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Hakui?
- Hakui is in Ishikawa Prefecture (石川県), in the Chūbu region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Hakui?
- 20,407 at the 2020 census, down 6.1% from 21,729 in 2015. The area is 81.85 km², which is 249 people per km². 8,046 households. 40.4% of residents are 65 or older and 9.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hakui?
- Four: Himi City (氷見市) in Toyama, Shika Town (志賀町), Hodatsushimizu Town (宝達志水町), and Nakanoto Town (中能登町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hakui in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hakui written in Japanese?
- 羽咋市, read Hakui-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 Hakui begin?
- 石川県羽咋市… (Ishikawa-ken, Hakui-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.