Ebina海老名市
Ebina-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Ebina (海老名市, Ebina-shi) is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture. Population 136,516 (2020 census), area 26.59 km². Borders 6 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Kanagawa Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 海老名市
- Reading
- Ebina-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kanagawa 神奈川県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 136,516 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +4.9% from 130,190
- Area
- 26.59 km²
- Density
- 5,134 people per km²
- Households
- 58,339
- Under 15
- 12.9%
- 65 and over
- 25.1%
- Foreign residents
- 2,725 (2.0%)
- Code
- 14215 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.ebina.kanagawa.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Ebina. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Ebina
- Is Ebina a city or a prefecture?
- Ebina (海老名市) is a city (市, shi) in Kanagawa Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Ebina?
- Ebina is in Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Ebina?
- 136,516 at the 2020 census, up 4.9% from 130,190 in 2015. The area is 26.59 km², which is 5,134 people per km². 58,339 households. 25.1% of residents are 65 or older and 12.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Ebina?
- Six: Fujisawa City (藤沢市), Atsugi City (厚木市), Yamato City (大和市), Zama City (座間市), Ayase City (綾瀬市), and Samukawa Town (寒川町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Ebina in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Ebina written in Japanese?
- 海老名市, read Ebina-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 Ebina begin?
- 神奈川県海老名市… (Kanagawa-ken, Ebina-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.