Ie伊江村

Ie-son. The name ends in 村 (son), the word for village.

Ie (伊江村, Ie-son) is a village in Okinawa Prefecture. Population 4,118 (2020 census), area 22.78 km².

A village (村 / son or mura) in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan. The district in its address groups towns and villages; it is not a government.

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Facts

Japanese name

伊江村

Reading

Ie-son

Kind

Village (村): a local government

District (郡)

Kunigami District 国頭郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Okinawa 沖縄県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

4,118 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-3.3% from 4,260

Area

22.78 km²

Density

181 people per km²

Households

1,900

Under 15

15.1%

65 and over

34.6%

Foreign residents

26 (0.6%)

Code

47315 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.iejima.org

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

Ie shares no land border with another municipality.

Questions about Ie

Is Ie a city, a town, or a village?

Ie (伊江村) is a village (村, son) in Okinawa Prefecture. A village is a municipality on the same tier as a city, with its own mayor and assembly. The difference is size: a municipality generally needs 50,000 residents to become a city. Its address puts it in Kunigami District (国頭郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Ie?

Ie 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 Ie?

4,118 at the 2020 census, down 3.3% from 4,260 in 2015. The area is 22.78 km², which is 181 people per km². 1,900 households. 34.6% of residents are 65 or older and 15.1% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Ie?

None. Ie shares no land border with another municipality. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Ie written in Japanese?

伊江村, read Ie-son. The last character, 村 (son), is the word for village, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Ie begin?

沖縄県国頭郡伊江村… (Okinawa-ken, Kunigami-gun, Ie-son, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the village name. The district name is written but the district is not a government. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.