Wajima輪島市
Wajima-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Wajima (輪島市, Wajima-shi) is a city in Ishikawa Prefecture. Population 24,608 (2020 census), area 426.32 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
- 輪島市
- Reading
- Wajima-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ishikawa 石川県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 24,608 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -9.6% from 27,216
- Area
- 426.32 km²
- Density
- 58 people per km²
- Households
- 10,208
- Under 15
- 7.4%
- 65 and over
- 46.2%
- Foreign residents
- 174 (0.7%)
- Code
- 17204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.wajima.ishikawa.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Wajima. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Wajima
- Is Wajima a city or a prefecture?
- Wajima (輪島市) 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 Wajima?
- Wajima 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 Wajima?
- 24,608 at the 2020 census, down 9.6% from 27,216 in 2015. The area is 426.32 km², which is 58 people per km². 10,208 households. 46.2% of residents are 65 or older and 7.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Wajima?
- Four: Suzu City (珠洲市), Shika Town (志賀町), Anamizu Town (穴水町), and Noto Town (能登町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Wajima in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Wajima written in Japanese?
- 輪島市, read Wajima-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 Wajima begin?
- 石川県輪島市… (Ishikawa-ken, Wajima-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.