Naha那覇市
Naha-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Naha (那覇市, Naha-shi) is a city in Okinawa Prefecture. Population 317,625 (2020 census), area 41.42 km². Borders 4 places.
The capital of Okinawa Prefecture and an ordinary city: not designated, so it has no wards.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 那覇市
- Reading
- Naha-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Okinawa 沖縄県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 317,625 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -0.6% from 319,435
- Area
- 41.42 km²
- Density
- 7,668 people per km²
- Households
- 144,355
- Under 15
- 14.6%
- 65 and over
- 23.5%
- Foreign residents
- 5,648 (1.8%)
- Code
- 47201 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.naha.okinawa.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Naha. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Naha
- Is Naha a city or a prefecture?
- Naha (那覇市) 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 Naha?
- Naha 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 Naha?
- 317,625 at the 2020 census, down 0.6% from 319,435 in 2015. The area is 41.42 km², which is 7,668 people per km². 144,355 households. 23.5% of residents are 65 or older and 14.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Naha?
- Four: Urasoe City (浦添市), Tomigusuku City (豊見城市), Nishihara Town (西原町), and Haebaru Town (南風原町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Naha in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Naha written in Japanese?
- 那覇市, read Naha-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 Naha begin?
- 沖縄県那覇市… (Okinawa-ken, Naha-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.