Okaya岡谷市
Okaya-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Okaya (岡谷市, Okaya-shi) is a city in Nagano Prefecture. Population 47,790 (2020 census), area 85.1 km². Borders 5 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Nagano Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 岡谷市
- Reading
- Okaya-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Nagano 長野県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 47,790 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.7% from 50,128
- Area
- 85.1 km²
- Density
- 562 people per km²
- Households
- 19,274
- Under 15
- 11.4%
- 65 and over
- 34.7%
- Foreign residents
- 730 (1.5%)
- Code
- 20204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.okaya.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Okaya. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Okaya
- Is Okaya a city or a prefecture?
- Okaya (岡谷市) is a city (市, shi) in Nagano Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Okaya?
- Okaya is in Nagano Prefecture (長野県), in the Chūbu region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Okaya?
- 47,790 at the 2020 census, down 4.7% from 50,128 in 2015. The area is 85.1 km², which is 562 people per km². 19,274 households. 34.7% of residents are 65 or older and 11.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Okaya?
- Five: Matsumoto City (松本市), Suwa City (諏訪市), Shiojiri City (塩尻市), Shimosuwa Town (下諏訪町), and Tatsuno Town (辰野町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Okaya in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Okaya written in Japanese?
- 岡谷市, read Okaya-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 Okaya begin?
- 長野県岡谷市… (Nagano-ken, Okaya-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.