Omachi大町市
Omachi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Omachi (大町市, Omachi-shi) is a city in Nagano Prefecture. Population 26,029 (2020 census), area 565.15 km². Borders 12 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
- 大町市
- Reading
- Omachi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Nagano 長野県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 26,029 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.2% from 28,041
- Area
- 565.15 km²
- Density
- 46 people per km²
- Households
- 10,739
- Under 15
- 9.5%
- 65 and over
- 38.9%
- Foreign residents
- 503 (1.9%)
- Code
- 20212 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.omachi.nagano.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
12 places share a land border with Omachi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Omachi
- Is Omachi a city or a prefecture?
- Omachi (大町市) 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 Omachi?
- Omachi 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 Omachi?
- 26,029 at the 2020 census, down 7.2% from 28,041 in 2015. The area is 565.15 km², which is 46 people per km². 10,739 households. 38.9% of residents are 65 or older and 9.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Omachi?
- 12: Toyama City (富山市) in Toyama, Kurobe City (黒部市) in Toyama, Tateyama Town (立山町) in Toyama, Nagano City (長野市), Matsumoto City (松本市), Azumino City (安曇野市), Ikusaka Village (生坂村), Ikeda Town (池田町), Matsukawa Village (松川村), Hakuba Village (白馬村), Ogawa Village (小川村), and Takayama City (高山市) in Gifu. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Omachi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Omachi written in Japanese?
- 大町市, read Omachi-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 Omachi begin?
- 長野県大町市… (Nagano-ken, Omachi-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.