Amagi天城町

Amagi-cho. The name ends in 町 (cho), the word for town.

Amagi (天城町, Amagi-cho) is a town in Kagoshima Prefecture. Population 5,517 (2020 census), area 80.4 km². Borders 2 places.

A town (町 / chō or machi) in Oshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan. The district in its address groups towns and villages; it is not a government.

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Facts

Japanese name

天城町

Reading

Amagi-cho

Kind

Town (町): a local government

District (郡)

Oshima District 大島郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Kagoshima 鹿児島県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

5,517 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-7.7% from 5,975

Area

80.4 km²

Density

69 people per km²

Households

2,521

Under 15

13.9%

65 and over

37.1%

Foreign residents

30 (0.5%)

Code

46531 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.town.amagi.lg.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

2 places share a land border with Amagi. Borders across water are not counted.

• Tokunoshima Town徳之島町
• Isen Town伊仙町

Questions about Amagi

Is Amagi a city, a town, or a village?

Amagi (天城町) is a town (町, cho) in Kagoshima Prefecture. A town is a municipality on the same tier as a city, with its own mayor and assembly. The difference is size: a municipality generally needs 50,000 residents to become a city. Its address puts it in Oshima District (大島郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Amagi?

Amagi 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 Amagi?

5,517 at the 2020 census, down 7.7% from 5,975 in 2015. The area is 80.4 km², which is 69 people per km². 2,521 households. 37.1% of residents are 65 or older and 13.9% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Amagi?

Two: Tokunoshima Town (徳之島町) and Isen Town (伊仙町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Amagi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Amagi written in Japanese?

天城町, read Amagi-cho. The last character, 町 (cho), is the word for town, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Amagi begin?

鹿児島県大島郡天城町… (Kagoshima-ken, Oshima-gun, Amagi-cho, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the town name. The district name is written but the district is not a government. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.