Sennan泉南市

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

Sennan (泉南市, Sennan-shi) is a city in Osaka Prefecture. Population 60,102 (2020 census), area 48.98 km². Borders 5 places.

A city (市 / shi) in Osaka 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
泉南市
Reading
Sennan-shi
Kind
City (市): a local government
Prefecture
Osaka 大阪府
Region
Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
Population
60,102 (2020 census)
Change since 2015
-3.7% from 62,438
Area
48.98 km²
Density
1,227 people per km²
Households
23,123
Under 15
12.5%
65 and over
30.0%
Foreign residents
665 (1.1%)
Code
27228 (団体コード, the municipality code)
Website
www.city.sennan.lg.jp
Wikipedia
English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

5 places share a land border with Sennan. Borders across water are not counted.

Questions about Sennan

Is Sennan a city or a prefecture?
Sennan (泉南市) is a city (市, shi) in Osaka Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
Where is Sennan?
Sennan is in Osaka Prefecture (大阪府), in the Kansai region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
What is the population of Sennan?
60,102 at the 2020 census, down 3.7% from 62,438 in 2015. The area is 48.98 km², which is 1,227 people per km². 23,123 households. 30.0% of residents are 65 or older and 12.5% are under 15.
Which municipalities border Sennan?
Five: Izumisano City (泉佐野市), Hannan City (阪南市), Tajiri Town (田尻町), Kinokawa City (紀の川市) in Wakayama, and Iwade City (岩出市) in Wakayama. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Sennan in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
How is Sennan written in Japanese?
泉南市, read Sennan-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 Sennan begin?
大阪府泉南市… (Ōsaka-fu, Sennan-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.