Yatsushiro八代市
Yatsushiro-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Yatsushiro (八代市, Yatsushiro-shi) is a city in Kumamoto Prefecture. Population 123,067 (2020 census), area 681.36 km². Borders 10 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
- 八代市
- Reading
- Yatsushiro-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kumamoto 熊本県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 123,067 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.5% from 127,472
- Area
- 681.36 km²
- Density
- 181 people per km²
- Households
- 49,204
- Under 15
- 12.0%
- 65 and over
- 34.5%
- Foreign residents
- 2,193 (1.8%)
- Code
- 43202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.yatsushiro.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
10 places share a land border with Yatsushiro. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Yatsushiro
- Is Yatsushiro a city or a prefecture?
- Yatsushiro (八代市) 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 Yatsushiro?
- Yatsushiro 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 Yatsushiro?
- 123,067 at the 2020 census, down 3.5% from 127,472 in 2015. The area is 681.36 km², which is 181 people per km². 49,204 households. 34.5% of residents are 65 or older and 12.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Yatsushiro?
- 10: Uki City (宇城市), Misato Town (美里町), Yamato Town (山都町), Hikawa Town (氷川町), Ashikita Town (芦北町), Mizukami Village (水上村), Itsuki Village (五木村), Yamae Village (山江村), Kuma Village (球磨村), and Shiiba Village (椎葉村) in Miyazaki. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yatsushiro in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Yatsushiro written in Japanese?
- 八代市, read Yatsushiro-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 Yatsushiro begin?
- 熊本県八代市… (Kumamoto-ken, Yatsushiro-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.