Tamano玉野市
Tamano-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Tamano (玉野市, Tamano-shi) is a city in Okayama Prefecture. Population 56,531 (2020 census), area 103.58 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
- 玉野市
- Reading
- Tamano-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Okayama 岡山県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 56,531 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.9% from 60,736
- Area
- 103.58 km²
- Density
- 546 people per km²
- Households
- 24,090
- Under 15
- 9.9%
- 65 and over
- 38.7%
- Foreign residents
- 671 (1.2%)
- Code
- 33204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.tamano.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
2 places share a land border with Tamano. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Tamano
- Is Tamano a city or a prefecture?
- Tamano (玉野市) 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 Tamano?
- Tamano 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 Tamano?
- 56,531 at the 2020 census, down 6.9% from 60,736 in 2015. The area is 103.58 km², which is 546 people per km². 24,090 households. 38.7% of residents are 65 or older and 9.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Tamano?
- Two: Minami Ward (南区) of Okayama and Kurashiki City (倉敷市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tamano in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Tamano written in Japanese?
- 玉野市, read Tamano-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 Tamano begin?
- 岡山県玉野市… (Okayama-ken, Tamano-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.