Saza佐々町

Saza-cho. The name ends in 町 (cho), the word for town.

Saza (佐々町, Saza-cho) is a town in Nagasaki Prefecture. Population 13,912 (2020 census), area 32.26 km². Borders 1 place.

A town (町 / chō or machi) in Kitamatsura District, Nagasaki Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan. The district in its address groups towns and villages; it is not a government.

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Facts

Japanese name

佐々町

Reading

Saza-cho

Kind

Town (町): a local government

District (郡)

Kitamatsura District 北松浦郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Nagasaki 長崎県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

13,912 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+2.1% from 13,626

Area

32.26 km²

Density

431 people per km²

Households

5,436

Under 15

16.7%

65 and over

28.2%

Foreign residents

48 (0.3%)

Code

42391 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.sazacho-nagasaki.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

One place shares a land border with Saza. Borders across water are not counted.

• Sasebo City佐世保市

Questions about Saza

Is Saza a city, a town, or a village?

Saza (佐々町) is a town (町, cho) in Nagasaki Prefecture. A town is a municipality on the same tier as a city, with its own mayor and assembly. The difference is size: a municipality generally needs 50,000 residents to become a city. Its address puts it in Kitamatsura District (北松浦郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Saza?

Saza 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 Saza?

13,912 at the 2020 census, up 2.1% from 13,626 in 2015. The area is 32.26 km², which is 431 people per km². 5,436 households. 28.2% of residents are 65 or older and 16.7% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Saza?

One: Sasebo City (佐世保市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Saza in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Saza written in Japanese?

佐々町, read Saza-cho. The last character, 町 (cho), is the word for town, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Saza begin?

長崎県北松浦郡佐々町… (Nagasaki-ken, Kitamatsura-gun, Saza-cho, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the town name. The district name is written but the district is not a government. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.