Iki壱岐市

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

Iki (壱岐市, Iki-shi) is a city in Nagasaki Prefecture. Population 24,948 (2020 census), area 139.42 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

壱岐市

Reading

Iki-shi

Kind

City (市): a local government

Prefecture

Nagasaki 長崎県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

24,948 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-8.0% from 27,103

Area

139.42 km²

Density

179 people per km²

Households

9,726

Under 15

12.9%

65 and over

38.7%

Foreign residents

79 (0.3%)

Code

42210 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.iki.nagasaki.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

Iki shares no land border with another municipality.

Questions about Iki

Is Iki a city or a prefecture?

Iki (壱岐市) 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 Iki?

Iki 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 Iki?

24,948 at the 2020 census, down 8.0% from 27,103 in 2015. The area is 139.42 km², which is 179 people per km². 9,726 households. 38.7% of residents are 65 or older and 12.9% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Iki?

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

How is Iki written in Japanese?

壱岐市, read Iki-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 Iki begin?

長崎県壱岐市… (Nagasaki-ken, Iki-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.