Sanjo三条市
Sanjo-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Sanjo (三条市, Sanjo-shi) is a city in Niigata Prefecture. Population 94,642 (2020 census), area 431.97 km². Borders 9 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
- 三条市
- Reading
- Sanjo-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Niigata 新潟県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 94,642 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.6% from 99,192
- Area
- 431.97 km²
- Density
- 219 people per km²
- Households
- 34,000
- Under 15
- 11.2%
- 65 and over
- 33.3%
- Foreign residents
- 614 (0.6%)
- Code
- 15204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.sanjo.niigata.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Sanjo. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Sanjo
- Is Sanjo a city or a prefecture?
- Sanjo (三条市) 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 Sanjo?
- Sanjo 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 Sanjo?
- 94,642 at the 2020 census, down 4.6% from 99,192 in 2015. The area is 431.97 km², which is 219 people per km². 34,000 households. 33.3% of residents are 65 or older and 11.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Sanjo?
- Nine: Tadami Town (只見町) in Fukushima, Minami Ward (南区) of Niigata, Nagaoka City (長岡市), Kamo City (加茂市), Mitsuke City (見附市), Tsubame City (燕市), Gosen City (五泉市), Uonuma City (魚沼市), and Aga Town (阿賀町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Sanjo in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Sanjo written in Japanese?
- 三条市, read Sanjo-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 Sanjo begin?
- 新潟県三条市… (Niigata-ken, Sanjo-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.