Murakami村上市
Murakami-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Murakami (村上市, Murakami-shi) is a city in Niigata Prefecture. Population 57,418 (2020 census), area 1,174.17 km². Borders 5 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Niigata Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 村上市
- Reading
- Murakami-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Niigata 新潟県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 57,418 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -8.0% from 62,442
- Area
- 1,174.17 km²
- Density
- 49 people per km²
- Households
- 21,549
- Under 15
- 9.6%
- 65 and over
- 39.4%
- Foreign residents
- 312 (0.5%)
- Code
- 15212 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.murakami.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Murakami. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Murakami
- Is Murakami a city or a prefecture?
- Murakami (村上市) is a city (市, shi) in Niigata Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Murakami?
- Murakami is in Niigata Prefecture (新潟県), in the Chūbu region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Murakami?
- 57,418 at the 2020 census, down 8.0% from 62,442 in 2015. The area is 1,174.17 km², which is 49 people per km². 21,549 households. 39.4% of residents are 65 or older and 9.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Murakami?
- Five: Tsuruoka City (鶴岡市) in Yamagata, Nishikawa Town (西川町) in Yamagata, Oguni Town (小国町) in Yamagata, Tainai City (胎内市), and Sekikawa Village (関川村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Murakami in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Murakami written in Japanese?
- 村上市, read Murakami-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 Murakami begin?
- 新潟県村上市… (Niigata-ken, Murakami-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.