Owase尾鷲市
Owase-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Owase (尾鷲市, Owase-shi) is a city in Mie Prefecture. Population 16,252 (2020 census), area 192.71 km². Borders 3 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
- 尾鷲市
- Reading
- Owase-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Mie 三重県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 16,252 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -9.8% from 18,009
- Area
- 192.71 km²
- Density
- 84 people per km²
- Households
- 8,153
- Under 15
- 8.7%
- 65 and over
- 44.9%
- Foreign residents
- 188 (1.2%)
- Code
- 24209 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.owase.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Owase. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Owase
- Is Owase a city or a prefecture?
- Owase (尾鷲市) 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 Owase?
- Owase 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 Owase?
- 16,252 at the 2020 census, down 9.8% from 18,009 in 2015. The area is 192.71 km², which is 84 people per km². 8,153 households. 44.9% of residents are 65 or older and 8.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Owase?
- Three: Kumano City (熊野市), Kihoku Town (紀北町), and Kamikitayama Village (上北山村) in Nara. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Owase in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Owase written in Japanese?
- 尾鷲市, read Owase-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 Owase begin?
- 三重県尾鷲市… (Mie-ken, Owase-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.