Asakuchi浅口市
Asakuchi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Asakuchi (浅口市, Asakuchi-shi) is a city in Okayama Prefecture. Population 32,772 (2020 census), area 66.46 km². Borders 4 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
- 浅口市
- Reading
- Asakuchi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Okayama 岡山県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 32,772 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.3% from 34,235
- Area
- 66.46 km²
- Density
- 493 people per km²
- Households
- 12,615
- Under 15
- 11.0%
- 65 and over
- 36.8%
- Foreign residents
- 236 (0.7%)
- Code
- 33216 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.asakuchi.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Asakuchi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Asakuchi
- Is Asakuchi a city or a prefecture?
- Asakuchi (浅口市) 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 Asakuchi?
- Asakuchi 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 Asakuchi?
- 32,772 at the 2020 census, down 4.3% from 34,235 in 2015. The area is 66.46 km², which is 493 people per km². 12,615 households. 36.8% of residents are 65 or older and 11.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Asakuchi?
- Four: Kurashiki City (倉敷市), Kasaoka City (笠岡市), Satosho Town (里庄町), and Yakage Town (矢掛町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Asakuchi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Asakuchi written in Japanese?
- 浅口市, read Asakuchi-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 Asakuchi begin?
- 岡山県浅口市… (Okayama-ken, Asakuchi-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.