Hirado平戸市
Hirado-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hirado (平戸市, Hirado-shi) is a city in Nagasaki Prefecture. Population 29,365 (2020 census), area 235.12 km². Borders 2 places.
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.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 平戸市
- Reading
- Hirado-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Nagasaki 長崎県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 29,365 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -8.0% from 31,920
- Area
- 235.12 km²
- Density
- 125 people per km²
- Households
- 12,009
- Under 15
- 11.5%
- 65 and over
- 41.4%
- Foreign residents
- 155 (0.5%)
- Code
- 42207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- en.city.hirado.nagasaki.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
2 places share a land border with Hirado. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hirado
- Is Hirado a city or a prefecture?
- Hirado (平戸市) 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 Hirado?
- Hirado 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 Hirado?
- 29,365 at the 2020 census, down 8.0% from 31,920 in 2015. The area is 235.12 km², which is 125 people per km². 12,009 households. 41.4% of residents are 65 or older and 11.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hirado?
- Two: Sasebo City (佐世保市) and Matsura City (松浦市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hirado in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hirado written in Japanese?
- 平戸市, read Hirado-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 Hirado begin?
- 長崎県平戸市… (Nagasaki-ken, Hirado-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.