Wadomari和泊町

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

Wadomari (和泊町, Wadomari-cho) is a town in Kagoshima Prefecture. Population 6,246 (2020 census), area 40.39 km². Borders 1 place.

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

和泊町

Reading

Wadomari-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

6,246 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-7.9% from 6,783

Area

40.39 km²

Density

155 people per km²

Households

2,883

Under 15

14.5%

65 and over

36.3%

Foreign residents

108 (1.7%)

Code

46533 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.town.wadomari.lg.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

One place shares a land border with Wadomari. Borders across water are not counted.

• China Town知名町

Questions about Wadomari

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

Wadomari (和泊町) 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 Wadomari?

Wadomari 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 Wadomari?

6,246 at the 2020 census, down 7.9% from 6,783 in 2015. The area is 40.39 km², which is 155 people per km². 2,883 households. 36.3% of residents are 65 or older and 14.5% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Wadomari?

One: China Town (知名町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Wadomari in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Wadomari written in Japanese?

和泊町, read Wadomari-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 Wadomari begin?

鹿児島県大島郡和泊町… (Kagoshima-ken, Oshima-gun, Wadomari-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.