Ninohe二戸市
Ninohe-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Ninohe (二戸市, Ninohe-shi) is a city in Iwate Prefecture. Population 25,513 (2020 census), area 420.42 km². Borders 7 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
- 二戸市
- Reading
- Ninohe-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Iwate 岩手県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 25,513 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.6% from 27,611
- Area
- 420.42 km²
- Density
- 61 people per km²
- Households
- 10,555
- Under 15
- 10.0%
- 65 and over
- 37.3%
- Foreign residents
- 196 (0.8%)
- Code
- 03213 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.ninohe.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Ninohe. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Ninohe
- Is Ninohe a city or a prefecture?
- Ninohe (二戸市) 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 Ninohe?
- Ninohe 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 Ninohe?
- 25,513 at the 2020 census, down 7.6% from 27,611 in 2015. The area is 420.42 km², which is 61 people per km². 10,555 households. 37.3% of residents are 65 or older and 10.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Ninohe?
- Seven: Sannohe Town (三戸町) in Aomori, Takko Town (田子町) in Aomori, Nambu Town (南部町) in Aomori, Hachimantai City (八幡平市), Karumai Town (軽米町), Kunohe Village (九戸村), and Ichinohe Town (一戸町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Ninohe in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Ninohe written in Japanese?
- 二戸市, read Ninohe-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 Ninohe begin?
- 岩手県二戸市… (Iwate-ken, Ninohe-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.