Takahashi高梁市
Takahashi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Takahashi (高梁市, Takahashi-shi) is a city in Okayama Prefecture. Population 29,072 (2020 census), area 546.99 km². Borders 7 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
- 高梁市
- Reading
- Takahashi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Okayama 岡山県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 29,072 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -9.4% from 32,075
- Area
- 546.99 km²
- Density
- 53 people per km²
- Households
- 12,886
- Under 15
- 8.8%
- 65 and over
- 41.0%
- Foreign residents
- 920 (3.2%)
- Code
- 33209 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.takahashi.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Takahashi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Takahashi
- Is Takahashi a city or a prefecture?
- Takahashi (高梁市) 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 Takahashi?
- Takahashi 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 Takahashi?
- 29,072 at the 2020 census, down 9.4% from 32,075 in 2015. The area is 546.99 km², which is 53 people per km². 12,886 households. 41.0% of residents are 65 or older and 8.8% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Takahashi?
- Seven: Ibara City (井原市), Soja City (総社市), Niimi City (新見市), Maniwa City (真庭市), Kibichuo Town (吉備中央町), Shobara City (庄原市) in Hiroshima, and Jinsekikogen Town (神石高原町) in Hiroshima. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Takahashi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Takahashi written in Japanese?
- 高梁市, read Takahashi-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 Takahashi begin?
- 岡山県高梁市… (Okayama-ken, Takahashi-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.