Midori緑区
Midori-ku. The name ends in 区 (ku), the word for ward.
Midori (緑区, Midori-ku) is a ward of Sagamihara, in Kanagawa Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 170,207 (2020 census), area 253.93 km². Borders 9 places.
An administrative ward of the city around it. Its ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly: the city's mayor and assembly govern it.
In an address this ward is in the same slot as a Tokyo special ward, which makes the two look equivalent. Only Tokyo's 23 wards are governments.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 緑区
- Reading
- Midori-ku
- Kind
- Ward of a designated city (行政区): an office of the city, not a government
- City
- Sagamihara City 相模原市
- Prefecture
- Kanagawa 神奈川県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 170,207 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.0% from 173,612
- Area
- 253.93 km²
- Density
- 670 people per km²
- Households
- 74,962
- Under 15
- 11.0%
- 65 and over
- 28.5%
- Foreign residents
- 4,024 (2.4%)
- Code
- 14151 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.sagamihara.kanagawa.jp/midoriku
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring wards and municipalities
9 places share a land border with Midori, 1 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Midori
- Is Midori a city?
- Midori (緑区) is a ward of Sagamihara (相模原市), a designated city. It is not a government. The ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly of its own: the city's mayor and assembly govern it. Tokyo's 23 special wards are written with the same character, 区, and those are governments.
- Where is Midori?
- Midori is inside Sagamihara (相模原市), 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 Midori?
- 170,207 at the 2020 census, down 2.0% from 173,612 in 2015. The area is 253.93 km², which is 670 people per km². 74,962 households. 28.5% of residents are 65 or older and 11.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Midori?
- Nine: Hachiōji City (八王子市) in Tokyo, Machida City (町田市) in Tokyo, Hinohara Village (檜原村) in Tokyo, Chuo Ward (中央区), Yamakita Town (山北町), Aikawa Town (愛川町), Kiyokawa Village (清川村), Uenohara City (上野原市) in Yamanashi, and Doshi Village (道志村) in Yamanashi. These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Midori in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Midori written in Japanese?
- 緑区, read Midori-ku. The last character, 区 (ku), is the word for ward, and the name is often used without it in English.
- How does an address in Midori begin?
- 神奈川県相模原市緑区… (Kanagawa-ken, Sagamihara-shi, Midori-ku, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name, then the ward 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.