Shiroishi白石市
Shiroishi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Shiroishi (白石市, Shiroishi-shi) is a city in Miyagi Prefecture. Population 32,758 (2020 census), area 286.48 km². Borders 9 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
- 白石市
- Reading
- Shiroishi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Miyagi 宮城県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 32,758 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.1% from 35,272
- Area
- 286.48 km²
- Density
- 114 people per km²
- Households
- 12,518
- Under 15
- 10.1%
- 65 and over
- 35.7%
- Foreign residents
- 218 (0.7%)
- Code
- 04206 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.shiroishi.miyagi.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Shiroishi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Shiroishi
- Is Shiroishi a city or a prefecture?
- Shiroishi (白石市) 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 Shiroishi?
- Shiroishi 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 Shiroishi?
- 32,758 at the 2020 census, down 7.1% from 35,272 in 2015. The area is 286.48 km², which is 114 people per km². 12,518 households. 35.7% of residents are 65 or older and 10.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Shiroishi?
- Nine: Kakuda City (角田市), Zao Town (蔵王町), Shichikashuku Town (七ヶ宿町), Ogawara Town (大河原町), Marumori Town (丸森町), Fukushima City (福島市) in Fukushima, Date City (伊達市) in Fukushima, Kori Town (桑折町) in Fukushima, and Kunimi Town (国見町) in Fukushima. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Shiroishi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Shiroishi written in Japanese?
- 白石市, read Shiroishi-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 Shiroishi begin?
- 宮城県白石市… (Miyagi-ken, Shiroishi-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.