Natori名取市
Natori-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Natori (名取市, Natori-shi) is a city in Miyagi Prefecture. Population 78,718 (2020 census), area 98.18 km². Borders 4 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
- 名取市
- Reading
- Natori-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Miyagi 宮城県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 78,718 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +2.7% from 76,668
- Area
- 98.18 km²
- Density
- 802 people per km²
- Households
- 29,739
- Under 15
- 15.1%
- 65 and over
- 23.0%
- Foreign residents
- 399 (0.5%)
- Code
- 04207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.natori.miyagi.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Natori. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Natori
- Is Natori a city or a prefecture?
- Natori (名取市) 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 Natori?
- Natori 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 Natori?
- 78,718 at the 2020 census, up 2.7% from 76,668 in 2015. The area is 98.18 km², which is 802 people per km². 29,739 households. 23.0% of residents are 65 or older and 15.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Natori?
- Four: Wakabayashi Ward (若林区) of Sendai, Taihaku Ward (太白区) of Sendai, Iwanuma City (岩沼市), and Murata Town (村田町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Natori in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Natori written in Japanese?
- 名取市, read Natori-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 Natori begin?
- 宮城県名取市… (Miyagi-ken, Natori-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.