Yamatotakada大和高田市
Yamatotakada-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Yamatotakada (大和高田市, Yamatotakada-shi) is a city in Nara Prefecture. Population 61,744 (2020 census), area 16.48 km². Borders 5 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
- 大和高田市
- Reading
- Yamatotakada-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Nara 奈良県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 61,744 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.7% from 64,817
- Area
- 16.48 km²
- Density
- 3,747 people per km²
- Households
- 26,095
- Under 15
- 9.7%
- 65 and over
- 31.7%
- Foreign residents
- 550 (0.9%)
- Code
- 29202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.yamatotakada.nara.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Yamatotakada. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Yamatotakada
- Is Yamatotakada a city or a prefecture?
- Yamatotakada (大和高田市) 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 Yamatotakada?
- Yamatotakada 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 Yamatotakada?
- 61,744 at the 2020 census, down 4.7% from 64,817 in 2015. The area is 16.48 km², which is 3,747 people per km². 26,095 households. 31.7% of residents are 65 or older and 9.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Yamatotakada?
- Five: Kashihara City (橿原市), Gose City (御所市), Kashiba City (香芝市), Katsuragi City (葛城市), and Koryo Town (広陵町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yamatotakada in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Yamatotakada written in Japanese?
- 大和高田市, read Yamatotakada-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 Yamatotakada begin?
- 奈良県大和高田市… (Nara-ken, Yamatotakada-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.