Maizuru舞鶴市
Maizuru-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Maizuru (舞鶴市, Maizuru-shi) is a city in Kyoto Prefecture. Population 80,336 (2020 census), area 342.13 km². Borders 4 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
- 舞鶴市
- Reading
- Maizuru-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kyoto 京都府
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 80,336 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.4% from 83,990
- Area
- 342.13 km²
- Density
- 235 people per km²
- Households
- 35,188
- Under 15
- 12.2%
- 65 and over
- 32.2%
- Foreign residents
- 944 (1.2%)
- Code
- 26202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.maizuru.kyoto.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Maizuru. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Maizuru
- Is Maizuru a city or a prefecture?
- Maizuru (舞鶴市) 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 Maizuru?
- Maizuru 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 Maizuru?
- 80,336 at the 2020 census, down 4.4% from 83,990 in 2015. The area is 342.13 km², which is 235 people per km². 35,188 households. 32.2% of residents are 65 or older and 12.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Maizuru?
- Four: Takahama Town (高浜町) in Fukui, Fukuchiyama City (福知山市), Ayabe City (綾部市), and Miyazu City (宮津市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Maizuru in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Maizuru written in Japanese?
- 舞鶴市, read Maizuru-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 Maizuru begin?
- 京都府舞鶴市… (Kyōto-fu, Maizuru-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.