Ginowan宜野湾市
Ginowan-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Ginowan (宜野湾市, Ginowan-shi) is a city in Okinawa Prefecture. Population 100,125 (2020 census), area 19.8 km². Borders 5 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Okinawa Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 宜野湾市
- Reading
- Ginowan-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Okinawa 沖縄県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 100,125 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +4.0% from 96,243
- Area
- 19.8 km²
- Density
- 5,057 people per km²
- Households
- 44,163
- Under 15
- 16.7%
- 65 and over
- 19.8%
- Foreign residents
- 1,743 (1.7%)
- Code
- 47205 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.ginowan.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Ginowan. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Ginowan
- Is Ginowan a city or a prefecture?
- Ginowan (宜野湾市) is a city (市, shi) in Okinawa Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Ginowan?
- Ginowan is in Okinawa Prefecture (沖縄県), in the Kyūshū-Okinawa region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Ginowan?
- 100,125 at the 2020 census, up 4.0% from 96,243 in 2015. The area is 19.8 km², which is 5,057 people per km². 44,163 households. 19.8% of residents are 65 or older and 16.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Ginowan?
- Five: Urasoe City (浦添市), Chatan Town (北谷町), Kitanakagusuku Village (北中城村), Nakagusuku Village (中城村), and Nishihara Town (西原町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Ginowan in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Ginowan written in Japanese?
- 宜野湾市, read Ginowan-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 Ginowan begin?
- 沖縄県宜野湾市… (Okinawa-ken, Ginowan-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.