Iga伊賀市
Iga-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Iga (伊賀市, Iga-shi) is a city in Mie Prefecture. Population 88,766 (2020 census), area 558.23 km². Borders 7 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Mie Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 伊賀市
- Reading
- Iga-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Mie 三重県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 88,766 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.0% from 90,581
- Area
- 558.23 km²
- Density
- 159 people per km²
- Households
- 36,615
- Under 15
- 10.9%
- 65 and over
- 33.4%
- Foreign residents
- 5,471 (6.2%)
- Code
- 24216 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.iga.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Iga. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Iga
- Is Iga a city or a prefecture?
- Iga (伊賀市) is a city (市, shi) in Mie Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Iga?
- Iga is in Mie Prefecture (三重県), 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 Iga?
- 88,766 at the 2020 census, down 2.0% from 90,581 in 2015. The area is 558.23 km², which is 159 people per km². 36,615 households. 33.4% of residents are 65 or older and 10.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Iga?
- Seven: Tsu City (津市), Nabari City (名張市), Kameyama City (亀山市), Koka City (甲賀市) in Shiga, Minamiyamashiro Village (南山城村) in Kyoto, Nara City (奈良市) in Nara, and Yamazoe Village (山添村) in Nara. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Iga in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Iga written in Japanese?
- 伊賀市, read Iga-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 Iga begin?
- 三重県伊賀市… (Mie-ken, Iga-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.