Akaiwa赤磐市
Akaiwa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Akaiwa (赤磐市, Akaiwa-shi) is a city in Okayama Prefecture. Population 42,661 (2020 census), area 209.36 km². Borders 6 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Okayama Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 赤磐市
- Reading
- Akaiwa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Okayama 岡山県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 42,661 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -1.3% from 43,214
- Area
- 209.36 km²
- Density
- 204 people per km²
- Households
- 16,439
- Under 15
- 13.5%
- 65 and over
- 33.9%
- Foreign residents
- 499 (1.2%)
- Code
- 33213 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.akaiwa.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Akaiwa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Akaiwa
- Is Akaiwa a city or a prefecture?
- Akaiwa (赤磐市) is a city (市, shi) in Okayama Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Akaiwa?
- Akaiwa is in Okayama Prefecture (岡山県), in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Akaiwa?
- 42,661 at the 2020 census, down 1.3% from 43,214 in 2015. The area is 209.36 km², which is 204 people per km². 16,439 households. 33.9% of residents are 65 or older and 13.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Akaiwa?
- Six: Kita Ward (北区) of Okayama, Higashi Ward (東区) of Okayama, Bizen City (備前市), Wake Town (和気町), Kumenan Town (久米南町), and Misaki Town (美咲町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Akaiwa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Akaiwa written in Japanese?
- 赤磐市, read Akaiwa-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 Akaiwa begin?
- 岡山県赤磐市… (Okayama-ken, Akaiwa-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.