Miyakojima宮古島市

Miyakojima-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.

Miyakojima (宮古島市, Miyakojima-shi) is a city in Okinawa Prefecture. Population 52,931 (2020 census), area 204.27 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.

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Facts

Japanese name

宮古島市

Reading

Miyakojima-shi

Kind

City (市): a local government

Prefecture

Okinawa 沖縄県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

52,931 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+3.4% from 51,186

Area

204.27 km²

Density

259 people per km²

Households

24,235

Under 15

15.9%

65 and over

27.0%

Foreign residents

516 (1.0%)

Code

47214 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.miyakojima.lg.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

Miyakojima shares no land border with another municipality.

Questions about Miyakojima

Is Miyakojima a city or a prefecture?

Miyakojima (宮古島市) 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 Miyakojima?

Miyakojima 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 Miyakojima?

52,931 at the 2020 census, up 3.4% from 51,186 in 2015. The area is 204.27 km², which is 259 people per km². 24,235 households. 27.0% of residents are 65 or older and 15.9% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Miyakojima?

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

How is Miyakojima written in Japanese?

宮古島市, read Miyakojima-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 Miyakojima begin?

沖縄県宮古島市… (Okinawa-ken, Miyakojima-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.