Hakusan白山市
Hakusan-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hakusan (白山市, Hakusan-shi) is a city in Ishikawa Prefecture. Population 110,408 (2020 census), area 754.93 km². Borders 10 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
- 白山市
- Reading
- Hakusan-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ishikawa 石川県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 110,408 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +1.0% from 109,287
- Area
- 754.93 km²
- Density
- 146 people per km²
- Households
- 40,958
- Under 15
- 13.7%
- 65 and over
- 28.1%
- Foreign residents
- 1,479 (1.3%)
- Code
- 17210 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.hakusan.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
10 places share a land border with Hakusan. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hakusan
- Is Hakusan a city or a prefecture?
- Hakusan (白山市) 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 Hakusan?
- Hakusan 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 Hakusan?
- 110,408 at the 2020 census, up 1.0% from 109,287 in 2015. The area is 754.93 km², which is 146 people per km². 40,958 households. 28.1% of residents are 65 or older and 13.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hakusan?
- 10: Nanto City (南砺市) in Toyama, Kanazawa City (金沢市), Komatsu City (小松市), Nomi City (能美市), Nonoichi City (野々市市), Kawakita Town (川北町), Ono City (大野市) in Fukui, Katsuyama City (勝山市) in Fukui, Takayama City (高山市) in Gifu, and Shirakawa Village (白川村) in Gifu. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hakusan in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hakusan written in Japanese?
- 白山市, read Hakusan-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 Hakusan begin?
- 石川県白山市… (Ishikawa-ken, Hakusan-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.