Suzuka鈴鹿市
Suzuka-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Suzuka (鈴鹿市, Suzuka-shi) is a city in Mie Prefecture. Population 195,670 (2020 census), area 194.46 km². Borders 4 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
- 鈴鹿市
- Reading
- Suzuka-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Mie 三重県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 195,670 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -0.4% from 196,403
- Area
- 194.46 km²
- Density
- 1,006 people per km²
- Households
- 82,158
- Under 15
- 12.4%
- 65 and over
- 26.0%
- Foreign residents
- 8,300 (4.2%)
- Code
- 24207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.suzuka.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Suzuka. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Suzuka
- Is Suzuka a city or a prefecture?
- Suzuka (鈴鹿市) 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 Suzuka?
- Suzuka 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 Suzuka?
- 195,670 at the 2020 census, down 0.4% from 196,403 in 2015. The area is 194.46 km², which is 1,006 people per km². 82,158 households. 26.0% of residents are 65 or older and 12.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Suzuka?
- Four: Tsu City (津市), Yokkaichi City (四日市市), Kameyama City (亀山市), and Koka City (甲賀市) in Shiga. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Suzuka in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Suzuka written in Japanese?
- 鈴鹿市, read Suzuka-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 Suzuka begin?
- 三重県鈴鹿市… (Mie-ken, Suzuka-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.