Tome登米市
Tome-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Tome (登米市, Tome-shi) is a city in Miyagi Prefecture. Population 76,037 (2020 census), area 536.12 km². Borders 7 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
- 登米市
- Reading
- Tome-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Miyagi 宮城県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 76,037 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.2% from 81,959
- Area
- 536.12 km²
- Density
- 142 people per km²
- Households
- 25,697
- Under 15
- 11.0%
- 65 and over
- 35.5%
- Foreign residents
- 340 (0.4%)
- Code
- 04212 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.tome.miyagi.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Tome. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Tome
- Is Tome a city or a prefecture?
- Tome (登米市) 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 Tome?
- Tome 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 Tome?
- 76,037 at the 2020 census, down 7.2% from 81,959 in 2015. The area is 536.12 km², which is 142 people per km². 25,697 households. 35.5% of residents are 65 or older and 11.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Tome?
- Seven: Ichinoseki City (一関市) in Iwate, Ishinomaki City (石巻市), Kesennuma City (気仙沼市), Kurihara City (栗原市), Osaki City (大崎市), Wakuya Town (涌谷町), and Minamisanriku Town (南三陸町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tome in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Tome written in Japanese?
- 登米市, read Tome-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 Tome begin?
- 宮城県登米市… (Miyagi-ken, Tome-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.