Hioki日置市
Hioki-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hioki (日置市, Hioki-shi) is a city in Kagoshima Prefecture. Population 47,153 (2020 census), area 253.01 km². Borders 4 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
- 日置市
- Reading
- Hioki-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kagoshima 鹿児島県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 47,153 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.3% from 49,249
- Area
- 253.01 km²
- Density
- 186 people per km²
- Households
- 19,415
- Under 15
- 13.0%
- 65 and over
- 35.3%
- Foreign residents
- 320 (0.7%)
- Code
- 46216 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.hioki.kagoshima.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Hioki. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hioki
- Is Hioki a city or a prefecture?
- Hioki (日置市) 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 Hioki?
- Hioki 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 Hioki?
- 47,153 at the 2020 census, down 4.3% from 49,249 in 2015. The area is 253.01 km², which is 186 people per km². 19,415 households. 35.3% of residents are 65 or older and 13.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hioki?
- Four: Kagoshima City (鹿児島市), Satsumasendai City (薩摩川内市), Ichikikushikino City (いちき串木野市), and Minamisatsuma City (南さつま市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hioki in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hioki written in Japanese?
- 日置市, read Hioki-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 Hioki begin?
- 鹿児島県日置市… (Kagoshima-ken, Hioki-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.