Tainai胎内市
Tainai-shi. The name ends in 市 (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.
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.