Miura三浦市
Miura-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Miura (三浦市, Miura-shi) is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture. Population 42,069 (2020 census), area 32.05 km². Borders 1 place.
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
- 三浦市
- Reading
- Miura-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kanagawa 神奈川県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 42,069 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.1% from 45,289
- Area
- 32.05 km²
- Density
- 1,313 people per km²
- Households
- 17,210
- Under 15
- 8.3%
- 65 and over
- 41.0%
- Foreign residents
- 308 (0.7%)
- Code
- 14210 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.miura.kanagawa.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
One place shares a land border with Miura. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Miura
- Is Miura a city or a prefecture?
- Miura (三浦市) 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 Miura?
- Miura 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 Miura?
- 42,069 at the 2020 census, down 7.1% from 45,289 in 2015. The area is 32.05 km², which is 1,313 people per km². 17,210 households. 41.0% of residents are 65 or older and 8.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Miura?
- One: Yokosuka City (横須賀市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Miura in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Miura written in Japanese?
- 三浦市, read Miura-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 Miura begin?
- 神奈川県三浦市… (Kanagawa-ken, Miura-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.