Shiojiri塩尻市
Shiojiri-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Shiojiri (塩尻市, Shiojiri-shi) is a city in Nagano Prefecture. Population 67,241 (2020 census), area 289.98 km². Borders 8 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
- 塩尻市
- Reading
- Shiojiri-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Nagano 長野県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 67,241 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.2% from 67,135
- Area
- 289.98 km²
- Density
- 232 people per km²
- Households
- 27,997
- Under 15
- 12.4%
- 65 and over
- 28.6%
- Foreign residents
- 1,322 (2.0%)
- Code
- 20215 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.shiojiri.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
8 places share a land border with Shiojiri. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Shiojiri
- Is Shiojiri a city or a prefecture?
- Shiojiri (塩尻市) 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 Shiojiri?
- Shiojiri 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 Shiojiri?
- 67,241 at the 2020 census, up 0.2% from 67,135 in 2015. The area is 289.98 km², which is 232 people per km². 27,997 households. 28.6% of residents are 65 or older and 12.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Shiojiri?
- Eight: Matsumoto City (松本市), Okaya City (岡谷市), Ina City (伊那市), Tatsuno Town (辰野町), Minamiminowa Village (南箕輪村), Kiso Village (木祖村), Kiso Town (木曽町), and Asahi Village (朝日村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Shiojiri in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Shiojiri written in Japanese?
- 塩尻市, read Shiojiri-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 Shiojiri begin?
- 長野県塩尻市… (Nagano-ken, Shiojiri-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.