Osaki大崎市
Osaki-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Osaki (大崎市, Osaki-shi) is a city in Miyagi Prefecture. Population 127,330 (2020 census), area 796.81 km². Borders 11 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
- 大崎市
- Reading
- Osaki-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Miyagi 宮城県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 127,330 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.5% from 133,391
- Area
- 796.81 km²
- Density
- 160 people per km²
- Households
- 48,893
- Under 15
- 11.8%
- 65 and over
- 30.5%
- Foreign residents
- 762 (0.6%)
- Code
- 04215 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.osaki.miyagi.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
11 places share a land border with Osaki. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Osaki
- Is Osaki a city or a prefecture?
- Osaki (大崎市) 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 Osaki?
- Osaki 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 Osaki?
- 127,330 at the 2020 census, down 4.5% from 133,391 in 2015. The area is 796.81 km², which is 160 people per km². 48,893 households. 30.5% of residents are 65 or older and 11.8% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Osaki?
- 11: Tome City (登米市), Kurihara City (栗原市), Matsushima Town (松島町), Osato Town (大郷町), Ohira Village (大衡村), Shikama Town (色麻町), Kami Town (加美町), Wakuya Town (涌谷町), Misato Town (美里町), Yuzawa City (湯沢市) in Akita, and Mogami Town (最上町) in Yamagata. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Osaki in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Osaki written in Japanese?
- 大崎市, read Osaki-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 Osaki begin?
- 宮城県大崎市… (Miyagi-ken, Osaki-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.