Nichinan日南市

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

Nichinan (日南市, Nichinan-shi) is a city in Miyazaki Prefecture. Population 50,848 (2020 census), area 536.11 km². Borders 4 places.

A city (市 / shi) in Miyazaki Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.

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Facts

Japanese name
日南市
Reading
Nichinan-shi
Kind
City (市): a local government
Prefecture
Miyazaki 宮崎県
Region
Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
Population
50,848 (2020 census)
Change since 2015
-6.0% from 54,090
Area
536.11 km²
Density
95 people per km²
Households
22,071
Under 15
11.8%
65 and over
38.6%
Foreign residents
403 (0.8%)
Code
45204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
Website
www.city.nichinan.lg.jp
Wikipedia
English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

4 places share a land border with Nichinan. Borders across water are not counted.

Questions about Nichinan

Is Nichinan a city or a prefecture?
Nichinan (日南市) is a city (市, shi) in Miyazaki Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
Where is Nichinan?
Nichinan is in Miyazaki Prefecture (宮崎県), in the Kyūshū-Okinawa region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
What is the population of Nichinan?
50,848 at the 2020 census, down 6.0% from 54,090 in 2015. The area is 536.11 km², which is 95 people per km². 22,071 households. 38.6% of residents are 65 or older and 11.8% are under 15.
Which municipalities border Nichinan?
Four: Miyazaki City (宮崎市), Miyakonojo City (都城市), Kushima City (串間市), and Mimata Town (三股町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Nichinan in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
How is Nichinan written in Japanese?
日南市, read Nichinan-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 Nichinan begin?
宮崎県日南市… (Miyazaki-ken, Nichinan-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.