Isahaya諫早市
Isahaya-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Isahaya (諫早市, Isahaya-shi) is a city in Nagasaki Prefecture. Population 133,852 (2020 census), area 341.79 km². Borders 5 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
- 諫早市
- Reading
- Isahaya-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Nagasaki 長崎県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 133,852 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.1% from 138,078
- Area
- 341.79 km²
- Density
- 392 people per km²
- Households
- 53,235
- Under 15
- 13.4%
- 65 and over
- 30.6%
- Foreign residents
- 866 (0.6%)
- Code
- 42204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.isahaya.nagasaki.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Isahaya. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Isahaya
- Is Isahaya a city or a prefecture?
- Isahaya (諫早市) 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 Isahaya?
- Isahaya 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 Isahaya?
- 133,852 at the 2020 census, down 3.1% from 138,078 in 2015. The area is 341.79 km², which is 392 people per km². 53,235 households. 30.6% of residents are 65 or older and 13.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Isahaya?
- Five: Tara Town (太良町) in Saga, Nagasaki City (長崎市), Omura City (大村市), Unzen City (雲仙市), and Nagayo Town (長与町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Isahaya in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Isahaya written in Japanese?
- 諫早市, read Isahaya-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 Isahaya begin?
- 長崎県諫早市… (Nagasaki-ken, Isahaya-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.