Nago名護市
Nago-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Nago (名護市, Nago-shi) is a city in Okinawa Prefecture. Population 63,554 (2020 census), area 210.94 km². Borders 6 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
- 名護市
- Reading
- Nago-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Okinawa 沖縄県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 63,554 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +3.0% from 61,674
- Area
- 210.94 km²
- Density
- 301 people per km²
- Households
- 28,453
- Under 15
- 16.6%
- 65 and over
- 22.3%
- Foreign residents
- 584 (0.9%)
- Code
- 47209 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.nago.okinawa.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Nago. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Nago
- Is Nago a city or a prefecture?
- Nago (名護市) 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 Nago?
- Nago 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 Nago?
- 63,554 at the 2020 census, up 3.0% from 61,674 in 2015. The area is 210.94 km², which is 301 people per km². 28,453 households. 22.3% of residents are 65 or older and 16.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Nago?
- Six: Ogimi Village (大宜味村), Higashi Village (東村), Nakijin Village (今帰仁村), Motobu Town (本部町), Onna Village (恩納村), and Ginoza Village (宜野座村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Nago in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Nago written in Japanese?
- 名護市, read Nago-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 Nago begin?
- 沖縄県名護市… (Okinawa-ken, Nago-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.