Nanjo南城市

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

Nanjo (南城市, Nanjo-shi) is a city in Okinawa Prefecture. Population 44,043 (2020 census), area 49.94 km². Borders 3 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.

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Facts

Japanese name
南城市
Reading
Nanjo-shi
Kind
City (市): a local government
Prefecture
Okinawa 沖縄県
Region
Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
Population
44,043 (2020 census)
Change since 2015
+4.8% from 42,016
Area
49.94 km²
Density
882 people per km²
Households
15,895
Under 15
17.6%
65 and over
25.9%
Foreign residents
261 (0.6%)
Code
47215 (団体コード, the municipality code)
Website
www.city.nanjo.okinawa.jp
Wikipedia
English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

3 places share a land border with Nanjo. Borders across water are not counted.

Questions about Nanjo

Is Nanjo a city or a prefecture?
Nanjo (南城市) 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 Nanjo?
Nanjo 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 Nanjo?
44,043 at the 2020 census, up 4.8% from 42,016 in 2015. The area is 49.94 km², which is 882 people per km². 15,895 households. 25.9% of residents are 65 or older and 17.6% are under 15.
Which municipalities border Nanjo?
Three: Yonabaru Town (与那原町), Haebaru Town (南風原町), and Yaese Town (八重瀬町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Nanjo in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
How is Nanjo written in Japanese?
南城市, read Nanjo-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 Nanjo begin?
沖縄県南城市… (Okinawa-ken, Nanjo-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.