Sendai仙台市

Sendai-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.

Sendai (仙台市, Sendai-shi) is a city and a designated city with 5 wards in Miyagi Prefecture. Population 1,096,704 (2020 census), area 786.35 km². Borders 12 places.

An ordinance-designated city (政令指定都市 / seirei shitei toshi). Designated status lets a city take over services a prefecture would normally provide, and requires it to be divided into administrative wards. The wards are offices of the city, not governments of their own.

The city is one municipality. Its wards are internal divisions: voters in every ward elect the same mayor.

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Facts

Japanese name

仙台市

Reading

Sendai-shi

Kind

City (市), designated city (政令指定都市): a local government

Prefecture

Miyagi 宮城県

Region

Tōhoku 東北

Population

1,096,704 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+1.3% from 1,082,159

Area

786.35 km²

Density

1,395 people per km²

Households

525,455

Under 15

11.8%

65 and over

24.1%

Foreign residents

13,514 (1.2%)

Code

04100 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.sendai.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

The 5 wards of Sendai行政区

Sendai is a designated city, so it is divided into wards. Each ward has an office for counter services, and none has a mayor or an assembly. Voters in every ward elect the same city mayor.

Neighbouring municipalities

12 places share a land border with Sendai, counted through its wards. Borders across water are not counted.

• Natori City名取市
• Tagajo City多賀城市
• Tomiya City富谷市
• Murata Town村田町
• Kawasaki Town川崎町
• Shichigahama Town七ヶ浜町
• Rifu Town利府町
• Taiwa Town大和町
• Shikama Town色麻町
• Yamagata City山形市(Yamagata)
• Higashine City東根市(Yamagata)
• Obanazawa City尾花沢市(Yamagata)

Questions about Sendai

Is Sendai a city or a prefecture?

Sendai (仙台市) 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. It is a designated city, divided into 5 wards. The wards are offices of the city, not governments.

Where is Sendai?

Sendai 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 Sendai?

1,096,704 at the 2020 census, up 1.3% from 1,082,159 in 2015. The area is 786.35 km², which is 1,395 people per km². 525,455 households. 24.1% of residents are 65 or older and 11.8% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Sendai?

12: Natori City (名取市), Tagajo City (多賀城市), Tomiya City (富谷市), Murata Town (村田町), Kawasaki Town (川崎町), Shichigahama Town (七ヶ浜町), Rifu Town (利府町), Taiwa Town (大和町), Shikama Town (色麻町), Yamagata City (山形市) in Yamagata, Higashine City (東根市) in Yamagata, and Obanazawa City (尾花沢市) in Yamagata. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Sendai in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Sendai written in Japanese?

仙台市, read Sendai-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 Sendai begin?

宮城県仙台市… (Miyagi-ken, Sendai-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. Then the name of one of the 5 wards. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.