Aira姶良市
Aira-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Aira (姶良市, Aira-shi) is a city in Kagoshima Prefecture. Population 76,348 (2020 census), area 231.25 km². Borders 3 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Kagoshima Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 姶良市
- Reading
- Aira-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kagoshima 鹿児島県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 76,348 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +1.6% from 75,173
- Area
- 231.25 km²
- Density
- 330 people per km²
- Households
- 32,850
- Under 15
- 14.4%
- 65 and over
- 31.5%
- Foreign residents
- 380 (0.5%)
- Code
- 46225 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.aira.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Aira. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Aira
- Is Aira a city or a prefecture?
- Aira (姶良市) is a city (市, shi) in Kagoshima Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Aira?
- Aira is in Kagoshima Prefecture (鹿児島県), in the Kyūshū-Okinawa region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Aira?
- 76,348 at the 2020 census, up 1.6% from 75,173 in 2015. The area is 231.25 km², which is 330 people per km². 32,850 households. 31.5% of residents are 65 or older and 14.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Aira?
- Three: Kagoshima City (鹿児島市), Satsumasendai City (薩摩川内市), and Kirishima City (霧島市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Aira in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Aira written in Japanese?
- 姶良市, read Aira-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 Aira begin?
- 鹿児島県姶良市… (Kagoshima-ken, Aira-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.