Tomiya富谷市
Tomiya-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Tomiya (富谷市, Tomiya-shi) is a city in Miyagi Prefecture. Population 51,651 (2020 census), area 49.18 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
- 富谷市
- Reading
- Tomiya-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Miyagi 宮城県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 51,651 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.1% from 51,591
- Area
- 49.18 km²
- Density
- 1,050 people per km²
- Households
- 18,401
- Under 15
- 16.4%
- 65 and over
- 21.6%
- Foreign residents
- 227 (0.4%)
- Code
- 04216 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.tomiya-city.miyagi.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Tomiya. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Tomiya
- Is Tomiya a city or a prefecture?
- Tomiya (富谷市) 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 Tomiya?
- Tomiya 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 Tomiya?
- 51,651 at the 2020 census, up 0.1% from 51,591 in 2015. The area is 49.18 km², which is 1,050 people per km². 18,401 households. 21.6% of residents are 65 or older and 16.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Tomiya?
- Four: Miyagino Ward (宮城野区) of Sendai, Izumi Ward (泉区) of Sendai, Rifu Town (利府町), and Taiwa Town (大和町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tomiya in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Tomiya written in Japanese?
- 富谷市, read Tomiya-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 Tomiya begin?
- 宮城県富谷市… (Miyagi-ken, Tomiya-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.