Suzaka須坂市
Suzaka-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Suzaka (須坂市, Suzaka-shi) is a city in Nagano Prefecture. Population 49,559 (2020 census), area 149.67 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
- 須坂市
- Reading
- Suzaka-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Nagano 長野県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 49,559 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.3% from 50,725
- Area
- 149.67 km²
- Density
- 331 people per km²
- Households
- 18,839
- Under 15
- 12.2%
- 65 and over
- 32.5%
- Foreign residents
- 655 (1.3%)
- Code
- 20207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.suzaka.nagano.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Suzaka. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Suzaka
- Is Suzaka a city or a prefecture?
- Suzaka (須坂市) 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 Suzaka?
- Suzaka 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 Suzaka?
- 49,559 at the 2020 census, down 2.3% from 50,725 in 2015. The area is 149.67 km², which is 331 people per km². 18,839 households. 32.5% of residents are 65 or older and 12.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Suzaka?
- Five: Tsumagoi Village (嬬恋村) in Gunma, Nagano City (長野市), Ueda City (上田市), Obuse Town (小布施町), and Takayama Village (高山村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Suzaka in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Suzaka written in Japanese?
- 須坂市, read Suzaka-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 Suzaka begin?
- 長野県須坂市… (Nagano-ken, Suzaka-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.