Toba鳥羽市
Toba-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Toba (鳥羽市, Toba-shi) is a city in Mie Prefecture. Population 17,525 (2020 census), area 107.34 km². Borders 2 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
- 鳥羽市
- Reading
- Toba-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Mie 三重県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 17,525 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -9.9% from 19,448
- Area
- 107.34 km²
- Density
- 163 people per km²
- Households
- 7,382
- Under 15
- 9.1%
- 65 and over
- 39.5%
- Foreign residents
- 173 (1.0%)
- Code
- 24211 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.toba.mie.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
2 places share a land border with Toba. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Toba
- Is Toba a city or a prefecture?
- Toba (鳥羽市) 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 Toba?
- Toba 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 Toba?
- 17,525 at the 2020 census, down 9.9% from 19,448 in 2015. The area is 107.34 km², which is 163 people per km². 7,382 households. 39.5% of residents are 65 or older and 9.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Toba?
- Two: Ise City (伊勢市) and Shima City (志摩市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Toba in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Toba written in Japanese?
- 鳥羽市, read Toba-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 Toba begin?
- 三重県鳥羽市… (Mie-ken, Toba-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.