Goto五島市

Goto-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.

Goto (五島市, Goto-shi) is a city in Nagasaki Prefecture. Population 34,391 (2020 census), area 420.12 km².

A city (市 / shi) in Nagasaki Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.

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Facts

Japanese name

五島市

Reading

Goto-shi

Kind

City (市): a local government

Prefecture

Nagasaki 長崎県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

34,391 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-7.9% from 37,327

Area

420.12 km²

Density

82 people per km²

Households

16,526

Under 15

10.5%

65 and over

40.8%

Foreign residents

128 (0.4%)

Code

42211 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.goto.nagasaki.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

Goto shares no land border with another municipality.

Questions about Goto

Is Goto a city or a prefecture?

Goto (五島市) is a city (市, shi) in Nagasaki Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.

Where is Goto?

Goto is in Nagasaki Prefecture (長崎県), in the Kyūshū-Okinawa region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Goto?

34,391 at the 2020 census, down 7.9% from 37,327 in 2015. The area is 420.12 km², which is 82 people per km². 16,526 households. 40.8% of residents are 65 or older and 10.5% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Goto?

None. Goto shares no land border with another municipality. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Goto written in Japanese?

五島市, read Goto-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 Goto begin?

長崎県五島市… (Nagasaki-ken, Goto-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.