Kurihara栗原市
Kurihara-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kurihara (栗原市, Kurihara-shi) is a city in Miyagi Prefecture. Population 64,637 (2020 census), area 804.97 km². Borders 5 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Miyagi Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 栗原市
- Reading
- Kurihara-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Miyagi 宮城県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 64,637 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.5% from 69,906
- Area
- 804.97 km²
- Density
- 80 people per km²
- Households
- 22,697
- Under 15
- 9.7%
- 65 and over
- 40.7%
- Foreign residents
- 486 (0.8%)
- Code
- 04213 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.kuriharacity.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Kurihara. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kurihara
- Is Kurihara a city or a prefecture?
- Kurihara (栗原市) is a city (市, shi) in Miyagi Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Kurihara?
- Kurihara is in Miyagi Prefecture (宮城県), in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Kurihara?
- 64,637 at the 2020 census, down 7.5% from 69,906 in 2015. The area is 804.97 km², which is 80 people per km². 22,697 households. 40.7% of residents are 65 or older and 9.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kurihara?
- Five: Ichinoseki City (一関市) in Iwate, Tome City (登米市), Osaki City (大崎市), Yuzawa City (湯沢市) in Akita, and Higashinaruse Village (東成瀬村) in Akita. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kurihara in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kurihara written in Japanese?
- 栗原市, read Kurihara-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 Kurihara begin?
- 宮城県栗原市… (Miyagi-ken, Kurihara-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.