Tokamachi十日町市

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

Tokamachi (十日町市, Tokamachi-shi) is a city in Niigata Prefecture. Population 49,820 (2020 census), area 590.39 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.

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Facts

Japanese name

十日町市

Reading

Tokamachi-shi

Kind

City (市): a local government

Prefecture

Niigata 新潟県

Region

Chūbu 中部

Population

49,820 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-9.3% from 54,917

Area

590.39 km²

Density

84 people per km²

Households

18,012

Under 15

10.6%

65 and over

39.9%

Foreign residents

280 (0.6%)

Code

15210 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.tokamachi.lg.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

9 places share a land border with Tokamachi. Borders across water are not counted.

• Nagaoka City長岡市
• Kashiwazaki City柏崎市
• Ojiya City小千谷市
• Joetsu City上越市
• Uonuma City魚沼市
• Minamiuonuma City南魚沼市
• Yuzawa Town湯沢町
• Tsunan Town津南町
• Sakae Village栄村(Nagano)

Questions about Tokamachi

Is Tokamachi a city or a prefecture?

Tokamachi (十日町市) 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 Tokamachi?

Tokamachi 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 Tokamachi?

49,820 at the 2020 census, down 9.3% from 54,917 in 2015. The area is 590.39 km², which is 84 people per km². 18,012 households. 39.9% of residents are 65 or older and 10.6% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Tokamachi?

Nine: Nagaoka City (長岡市), Kashiwazaki City (柏崎市), Ojiya City (小千谷市), Joetsu City (上越市), Uonuma City (魚沼市), Minamiuonuma City (南魚沼市), Yuzawa Town (湯沢町), Tsunan Town (津南町), and Sakae Village (栄村) in Nagano. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tokamachi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Tokamachi written in Japanese?

十日町市, read Tokamachi-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 Tokamachi begin?

新潟県十日町市… (Niigata-ken, Tokamachi-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.