Itoman糸満市
Itoman-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Itoman (糸満市, Itoman-shi) is a city in Okinawa Prefecture. Population 61,007 (2020 census), area 46.63 km². Borders 2 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
- 糸満市
- Reading
- Itoman-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Okinawa 沖縄県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 61,007 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +4.2% from 58,547
- Area
- 46.63 km²
- Density
- 1,308 people per km²
- Households
- 23,272
- Under 15
- 18.0%
- 65 and over
- 22.3%
- Foreign residents
- 894 (1.5%)
- Code
- 47210 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.itoman.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
2 places share a land border with Itoman. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Itoman
- Is Itoman a city or a prefecture?
- Itoman (糸満市) 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 Itoman?
- Itoman 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 Itoman?
- 61,007 at the 2020 census, up 4.2% from 58,547 in 2015. The area is 46.63 km², which is 1,308 people per km². 23,272 households. 22.3% of residents are 65 or older and 18.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Itoman?
- Two: Tomigusuku City (豊見城市) and Yaese Town (八重瀬町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Itoman in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Itoman written in Japanese?
- 糸満市, read Itoman-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 Itoman begin?
- 沖縄県糸満市… (Okinawa-ken, Itoman-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.