Ichinoseki一関市
Ichinoseki-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Ichinoseki (一関市, Ichinoseki-shi) is a city in Iwate Prefecture. Population 111,932 (2020 census), area 1,256.42 km². Borders 8 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Iwate Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 一関市
- Reading
- Ichinoseki-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Iwate 岩手県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 111,932 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.9% from 121,583
- Area
- 1,256.42 km²
- Density
- 89 people per km²
- Households
- 42,232
- Under 15
- 10.4%
- 65 and over
- 37.0%
- Foreign residents
- 810 (0.7%)
- Code
- 03209 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.ichinoseki.iwate.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
8 places share a land border with Ichinoseki. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Ichinoseki
- Is Ichinoseki a city or a prefecture?
- Ichinoseki (一関市) is a city (市, shi) in Iwate Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Ichinoseki?
- Ichinoseki is in Iwate Prefecture (岩手県), in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Ichinoseki?
- 111,932 at the 2020 census, down 7.9% from 121,583 in 2015. The area is 1,256.42 km², which is 89 people per km². 42,232 households. 37.0% of residents are 65 or older and 10.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Ichinoseki?
- Eight: Rikuzentakata City (陸前高田市), Oshu City (奥州市), Hiraizumi Town (平泉町), Sumita Town (住田町), Kesennuma City (気仙沼市) in Miyagi, Tome City (登米市) in Miyagi, Kurihara City (栗原市) in Miyagi, and Higashinaruse Village (東成瀬村) in Akita. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Ichinoseki in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Ichinoseki written in Japanese?
- 一関市, read Ichinoseki-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 Ichinoseki begin?
- 岩手県一関市… (Iwate-ken, Ichinoseki-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.