Bizen備前市
Bizen-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Bizen (備前市, Bizen-shi) is a city in Okayama Prefecture. Population 32,320 (2020 census), area 258.14 km². Borders 8 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
- 備前市
- Reading
- Bizen-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Okayama 岡山県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 32,320 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -8.1% from 35,179
- Area
- 258.14 km²
- Density
- 125 people per km²
- Households
- 13,486
- Under 15
- 9.2%
- 65 and over
- 39.5%
- Foreign residents
- 581 (1.8%)
- Code
- 33211 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.bizen.okayama.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
8 places share a land border with Bizen. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Bizen
- Is Bizen a city or a prefecture?
- Bizen (備前市) 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 Bizen?
- Bizen 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 Bizen?
- 32,320 at the 2020 census, down 8.1% from 35,179 in 2015. The area is 258.14 km², which is 125 people per km². 13,486 households. 39.5% of residents are 65 or older and 9.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Bizen?
- Eight: Ako City (赤穂市) in Hyōgo, Kamigori Town (上郡町) in Hyōgo, Sayo Town (佐用町) in Hyōgo, Higashi Ward (東区) of Okayama, Setochi City (瀬戸内市), Akaiwa City (赤磐市), Mimasaka City (美作市), and Wake Town (和気町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Bizen in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Bizen written in Japanese?
- 備前市, read Bizen-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 Bizen begin?
- 岡山県備前市… (Okayama-ken, Bizen-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.