Joyo城陽市
Joyo-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Joyo (城陽市, Joyo-shi) is a city in Kyoto Prefecture. Population 74,607 (2020 census), area 32.71 km². Borders 6 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Kyoto Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 城陽市
- Reading
- Joyo-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kyoto 京都府
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 74,607 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.9% from 76,869
- Area
- 32.71 km²
- Density
- 2,281 people per km²
- Households
- 30,484
- Under 15
- 11.5%
- 65 and over
- 34.0%
- Foreign residents
- 742 (1.0%)
- Code
- 26207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.joyo.kyoto.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Joyo. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Joyo
- Is Joyo a city or a prefecture?
- Joyo (城陽市) is a city (市, shi) in Kyoto Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Joyo?
- Joyo is in Kyoto Prefecture (京都府), in the Kansai region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Joyo?
- 74,607 at the 2020 census, down 2.9% from 76,869 in 2015. The area is 32.71 km², which is 2,281 people per km². 30,484 households. 34.0% of residents are 65 or older and 11.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Joyo?
- Six: Uji City (宇治市), Yawata City (八幡市), Kyotanabe City (京田辺市), Kumiyama Town (久御山町), Ide Town (井手町), and Ujitawara Town (宇治田原町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Joyo in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Joyo written in Japanese?
- 城陽市, read Joyo-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 Joyo begin?
- 京都府城陽市… (Kyōto-fu, Joyo-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.