Nichinan日南市
Nichinan-shi. The name ends in 市 (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.
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.