Setochi瀬戸内市
Setochi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Setochi (瀬戸内市, Setochi-shi) is a city in Okayama Prefecture. Population 36,048 (2020 census), area 125.46 km². Borders 2 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
- 瀬戸内市
- Reading
- Setochi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Okayama 岡山県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 36,048 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.5% from 36,975
- Area
- 125.46 km²
- Density
- 287 people per km²
- Households
- 14,068
- Under 15
- 11.3%
- 65 and over
- 34.6%
- Foreign residents
- 448 (1.2%)
- Code
- 33212 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.setouchi.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
2 places share a land border with Setochi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Setochi
- Is Setochi a city or a prefecture?
- Setochi (瀬戸内市) 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 Setochi?
- Setochi 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 Setochi?
- 36,048 at the 2020 census, down 2.5% from 36,975 in 2015. The area is 125.46 km², which is 287 people per km². 14,068 households. 34.6% of residents are 65 or older and 11.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Setochi?
- Two: Higashi Ward (東区) of Okayama and Bizen City (備前市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Setochi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Setochi written in Japanese?
- 瀬戸内市, read Setochi-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 Setochi begin?
- 岡山県瀬戸内市… (Okayama-ken, Setochi-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.