Morioka盛岡市
Morioka-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Morioka (盛岡市, Morioka-shi) is a city in Iwate Prefecture. Population 289,731 (2020 census), area 886.47 km². Borders 10 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
- 盛岡市
- Reading
- Morioka-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Iwate 岩手県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 289,731 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.7% from 297,631
- Area
- 886.47 km²
- Density
- 327 people per km²
- Households
- 131,110
- Under 15
- 11.6%
- 65 and over
- 28.1%
- Foreign residents
- 1,550 (0.5%)
- Code
- 03201 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.morioka.iwate.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
10 places share a land border with Morioka. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Morioka
- Is Morioka a city or a prefecture?
- Morioka (盛岡市) 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 Morioka?
- Morioka 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 Morioka?
- 289,731 at the 2020 census, down 2.7% from 297,631 in 2015. The area is 886.47 km², which is 327 people per km². 131,110 households. 28.1% of residents are 65 or older and 11.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Morioka?
- 10: Miyako City (宮古市), Hanamaki City (花巻市), Hachimantai City (八幡平市), Takizawa City (滝沢市), Shizukuishi Town (雫石町), Kuzumaki Town (葛巻町), Iwate Town (岩手町), Shiwa Town (紫波町), Yahaba Town (矢巾町), and Iwaizumi Town (岩泉町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Morioka in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Morioka written in Japanese?
- 盛岡市, read Morioka-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 Morioka begin?
- 岩手県盛岡市… (Iwate-ken, Morioka-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.