Ishigaki石垣市
Ishigaki-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Ishigaki (石垣市, Ishigaki-shi) is a city in Okinawa Prefecture. Population 47,637 (2020 census), area 229.15 km².
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
- 石垣市
- Reading
- Ishigaki-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Okinawa 沖縄県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 47,637 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.2% from 47,564
- Area
- 229.15 km²
- Density
- 208 people per km²
- Households
- 22,033
- Under 15
- 17.2%
- 65 and over
- 22.3%
- Foreign residents
- 574 (1.2%)
- Code
- 47207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.ishigaki.okinawa.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
Ishigaki shares no land border with another municipality.
Questions about Ishigaki
- Is Ishigaki a city or a prefecture?
- Ishigaki (石垣市) 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 Ishigaki?
- Ishigaki 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 Ishigaki?
- 47,637 at the 2020 census, up 0.2% from 47,564 in 2015. The area is 229.15 km², which is 208 people per km². 22,033 households. 22.3% of residents are 65 or older and 17.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Ishigaki?
- None. Ishigaki shares no land border with another municipality. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Ishigaki written in Japanese?
- 石垣市, read Ishigaki-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 Ishigaki begin?
- 沖縄県石垣市… (Okinawa-ken, Ishigaki-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.