Tenri天理市
Tenri-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Tenri (天理市, Tenri-shi) is a city in Nara Prefecture. Population 63,889 (2020 census), area 86.42 km². Borders 6 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Nara Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 天理市
- Reading
- Tenri-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Nara 奈良県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 63,889 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.2% from 67,398
- Area
- 86.42 km²
- Density
- 739 people per km²
- Households
- 25,619
- Under 15
- 12.1%
- 65 and over
- 26.7%
- Foreign residents
- 834 (1.3%)
- Code
- 29204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.tenri.nara.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Tenri. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Tenri
- Is Tenri a city or a prefecture?
- Tenri (天理市) is a city (市, shi) in Nara Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Tenri?
- Tenri is in Nara Prefecture (奈良県), in the Kansai region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Tenri?
- 63,889 at the 2020 census, down 5.2% from 67,398 in 2015. The area is 86.42 km², which is 739 people per km². 25,619 households. 26.7% of residents are 65 or older and 12.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Tenri?
- Six: Nara City (奈良市), Yamatokoriyama City (大和郡山市), Sakurai City (桜井市), Kawanishi Town (川西町), Miyake Town (三宅町), and Tawaramoto Town (田原本町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tenri in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Tenri written in Japanese?
- 天理市, read Tenri-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 Tenri begin?
- 奈良県天理市… (Nara-ken, Tenri-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.