Saku佐久市
Saku-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Saku (佐久市, Saku-shi) is a city in Nagano Prefecture. Population 98,199 (2020 census), area 423.51 km². Borders 9 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
- 佐久市
- Reading
- Saku-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Nagano 長野県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 98,199 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -1.2% from 99,368
- Area
- 423.51 km²
- Density
- 232 people per km²
- Households
- 39,924
- Under 15
- 12.7%
- 65 and over
- 30.9%
- Foreign residents
- 1,264 (1.3%)
- Code
- 20217 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.saku.nagano.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Saku. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Saku
- Is Saku a city or a prefecture?
- Saku (佐久市) 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 Saku?
- Saku 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 Saku?
- 98,199 at the 2020 census, down 1.2% from 99,368 in 2015. The area is 423.51 km², which is 232 people per km². 39,924 households. 30.9% of residents are 65 or older and 12.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Saku?
- Nine: Shimonita Town (下仁田町) in Gunma, Nammoku Village (南牧村) in Gunma, Komoro City (小諸市), Chino City (茅野市), Tomi City (東御市), Sakuho Town (佐久穂町), Karuizawa Town (軽井沢町), Miyota Town (御代田町), and Tateshina Town (立科町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Saku in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Saku written in Japanese?
- 佐久市, read Saku-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 Saku begin?
- 長野県佐久市… (Nagano-ken, Saku-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.