Tsubame燕市
Tsubame-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Tsubame (燕市, Tsubame-shi) is a city in Niigata Prefecture. Population 77,201 (2020 census), area 110.94 km². Borders 5 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
- 燕市
- Reading
- Tsubame-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Niigata 新潟県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 77,201 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.2% from 79,784
- Area
- 110.94 km²
- Density
- 696 people per km²
- Households
- 28,522
- Under 15
- 11.5%
- 65 and over
- 31.2%
- Foreign residents
- 489 (0.6%)
- Code
- 15213 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.tsubame.niigata.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Tsubame. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Tsubame
- Is Tsubame a city or a prefecture?
- Tsubame (燕市) 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 Tsubame?
- Tsubame 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 Tsubame?
- 77,201 at the 2020 census, down 3.2% from 79,784 in 2015. The area is 110.94 km², which is 696 people per km². 28,522 households. 31.2% of residents are 65 or older and 11.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Tsubame?
- Five: Minami Ward (南区) of Niigata, Nishikan Ward (西蒲区) of Niigata, Nagaoka City (長岡市), Sanjo City (三条市), and Yahiko Village (弥彦村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tsubame in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Tsubame written in Japanese?
- 燕市, read Tsubame-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 Tsubame begin?
- 新潟県燕市… (Niigata-ken, Tsubame-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.