Yamato大和市
Yamato-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Yamato (大和市, Yamato-shi) is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture. Population 239,169 (2020 census), area 27.09 km². Borders 8 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
- 大和市
- Reading
- Yamato-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kanagawa 神奈川県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 239,169 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +2.7% from 232,922
- Area
- 27.09 km²
- Density
- 8,829 people per km²
- Households
- 110,519
- Under 15
- 12.1%
- 65 and over
- 24.4%
- Foreign residents
- 7,284 (3.0%)
- Code
- 14213 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.yamato.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
8 places share a land border with Yamato. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Yamato
- Is Yamato a city or a prefecture?
- Yamato (大和市) 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 Yamato?
- Yamato 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 Yamato?
- 239,169 at the 2020 census, up 2.7% from 232,922 in 2015. The area is 27.09 km², which is 8,829 people per km². 110,519 households. 24.4% of residents are 65 or older and 12.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Yamato?
- Eight: Machida City (町田市) in Tokyo, Seya Ward (瀬谷区) of Yokohama, Izumi Ward (泉区) of Yokohama, Minami Ward (南区) of Sagamihara, Fujisawa City (藤沢市), Ebina City (海老名市), Zama City (座間市), and Ayase City (綾瀬市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yamato in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Yamato written in Japanese?
- 大和市, read Yamato-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 Yamato begin?
- 神奈川県大和市… (Kanagawa-ken, Yamato-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.