Sakaide坂出市
Sakaide-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Sakaide (坂出市, Sakaide-shi) is a city in Kagawa Prefecture. Population 50,624 (2020 census), area 92.49 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Kagawa Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 坂出市
- Reading
- Sakaide-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kagawa 香川県
- Region
- Shikoku 四国
- Population
- 50,624 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.8% from 53,164
- Area
- 92.49 km²
- Density
- 547 people per km²
- Households
- 21,272
- Under 15
- 11.1%
- 65 and over
- 36.1%
- Foreign residents
- 884 (1.7%)
- Code
- 37203 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.sakaide.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Sakaide. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Sakaide
- Is Sakaide a city or a prefecture?
- Sakaide (坂出市) is a city (市, shi) in Kagawa Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Sakaide?
- Sakaide is in Kagawa Prefecture (香川県), in the Shikoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Sakaide?
- 50,624 at the 2020 census, down 4.8% from 53,164 in 2015. The area is 92.49 km², which is 547 people per km². 21,272 households. 36.1% of residents are 65 or older and 11.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Sakaide?
- Four: Takamatsu City (高松市), Marugame City (丸亀市), Utazu Town (宇多津町), and Ayagawa Town (綾川町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Sakaide in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Sakaide written in Japanese?
- 坂出市, read Sakaide-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 Sakaide begin?
- 香川県坂出市… (Kagawa-ken, Sakaide-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.