Tainai胎内市

Tainai-shi. The name ends in (shi), the word for city.

Tainai (胎内市, Tainai-shi) is a city in Niigata Prefecture. Population 28,509 (2020 census), area 264.89 km². Borders 4 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.

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Facts

Japanese name
胎内市
Reading
Tainai-shi
Kind
City (市): a local government
Prefecture
Niigata 新潟県
Region
Chūbu 中部
Population
28,509 (2020 census)
Change since 2015
-5.6% from 30,198
Area
264.89 km²
Density
108 people per km²
Households
10,305
Under 15
10.4%
65 and over
36.0%
Foreign residents
198 (0.7%)
Code
15227 (団体コード, the municipality code)
Website
www.city.tainai.niigata.jp
Wikipedia
English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

4 places share a land border with Tainai. Borders across water are not counted.

Questions about Tainai

Is Tainai a city or a prefecture?
Tainai (胎内市) 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 Tainai?
Tainai 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 Tainai?
28,509 at the 2020 census, down 5.6% from 30,198 in 2015. The area is 264.89 km², which is 108 people per km². 10,305 households. 36.0% of residents are 65 or older and 10.4% are under 15.
Which municipalities border Tainai?
Four: Oguni Town (小国町) in Yamagata, Shibata City (新発田市), Murakami City (村上市), and Sekikawa Village (関川村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tainai in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
How is Tainai written in Japanese?
胎内市, read Tainai-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 Tainai begin?
新潟県胎内市… (Niigata-ken, Tainai-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.