Yoron与論町

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

Yoron (与論町, Yoron-cho) is a town in Kagoshima Prefecture. Population 5,115 (2020 census), area 20.58 km².

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

与論町

Reading

Yoron-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

5,115 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-1.4% from 5,186

Area

20.58 km²

Density

249 people per km²

Households

2,160

Under 15

14.6%

65 and over

35.0%

Foreign residents

12 (0.2%)

Code

46535 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.yoron.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

Yoron shares no land border with another municipality.

Questions about Yoron

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

Yoron (与論町) 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 Yoron?

Yoron 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 Yoron?

5,115 at the 2020 census, down 1.4% from 5,186 in 2015. The area is 20.58 km², which is 249 people per km². 2,160 households. 35.0% of residents are 65 or older and 14.6% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Yoron?

None. Yoron shares no land border with another municipality. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Yoron written in Japanese?

与論町, read Yoron-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 Yoron begin?

鹿児島県大島郡与論町… (Kagoshima-ken, Oshima-gun, Yoron-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.