Soja総社市
Soja-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Soja (総社市, Soja-shi) is a city in Okayama Prefecture. Population 69,030 (2020 census), area 211.9 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
- 総社市
- Reading
- Soja-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Okayama 岡山県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 69,030 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +3.3% from 66,855
- Area
- 211.9 km²
- Density
- 326 people per km²
- Households
- 27,110
- Under 15
- 13.9%
- 65 and over
- 28.3%
- Foreign residents
- 1,755 (2.5%)
- Code
- 33208 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.soja.okayama.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Soja. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Soja
- Is Soja a city or a prefecture?
- Soja (総社市) 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 Soja?
- Soja 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 Soja?
- 69,030 at the 2020 census, up 3.3% from 66,855 in 2015. The area is 211.9 km², which is 326 people per km². 27,110 households. 28.3% of residents are 65 or older and 13.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Soja?
- Six: Kita Ward (北区) of Okayama, Kurashiki City (倉敷市), Ibara City (井原市), Takahashi City (高梁市), Yakage Town (矢掛町), and Kibichuo Town (吉備中央町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Soja in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Soja written in Japanese?
- 総社市, read Soja-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 Soja begin?
- 岡山県総社市… (Okayama-ken, Soja-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.