Arao荒尾市
Arao-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Arao (荒尾市, Arao-shi) is a city in Kumamoto Prefecture. Population 50,832 (2020 census), area 57.37 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Kumamoto Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 荒尾市
- Reading
- Arao-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kumamoto 熊本県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 50,832 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.8% from 53,407
- Area
- 57.37 km²
- Density
- 886 people per km²
- Households
- 20,783
- Under 15
- 12.6%
- 65 and over
- 36.0%
- Foreign residents
- 318 (0.6%)
- Code
- 43204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.arao.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Arao. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Arao
- Is Arao a city or a prefecture?
- Arao (荒尾市) is a city (市, shi) in Kumamoto Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Arao?
- Arao is in Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本県), 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 Arao?
- 50,832 at the 2020 census, down 4.8% from 53,407 in 2015. The area is 57.37 km², which is 886 people per km². 20,783 households. 36.0% of residents are 65 or older and 12.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Arao?
- Four: Omuta City (大牟田市) in Fukuoka, Tamana City (玉名市), Nankan Town (南関町), and Nagasu Town (長洲町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Arao in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Arao written in Japanese?
- 荒尾市, read Arao-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 Arao begin?
- 熊本県荒尾市… (Kumamoto-ken, Arao-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.