Ojiya小千谷市
Ojiya-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Ojiya (小千谷市, Ojiya-shi) is a city in Niigata Prefecture. Population 34,096 (2020 census), area 155.19 km². Borders 3 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
- 小千谷市
- Reading
- Ojiya-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Niigata 新潟県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 34,096 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.6% from 36,498
- Area
- 155.19 km²
- Density
- 220 people per km²
- Households
- 12,113
- Under 15
- 11.2%
- 65 and over
- 35.6%
- Foreign residents
- 177 (0.5%)
- Code
- 15208 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.ojiya.niigata.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Ojiya. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Ojiya
- Is Ojiya a city or a prefecture?
- Ojiya (小千谷市) 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 Ojiya?
- Ojiya 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 Ojiya?
- 34,096 at the 2020 census, down 6.6% from 36,498 in 2015. The area is 155.19 km², which is 220 people per km². 12,113 households. 35.6% of residents are 65 or older and 11.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Ojiya?
- Three: Nagaoka City (長岡市), Tokamachi City (十日町市), and Uonuma City (魚沼市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Ojiya in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Ojiya written in Japanese?
- 小千谷市, read Ojiya-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 Ojiya begin?
- 新潟県小千谷市… (Niigata-ken, Ojiya-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.