Imari伊万里市
Imari-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Imari (伊万里市, Imari-shi) is a city in Saga Prefecture. Population 52,629 (2020 census), area 255.25 km². Borders 5 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Saga Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 伊万里市
- Reading
- Imari-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Saga 佐賀県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 52,629 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.7% from 55,238
- Area
- 255.25 km²
- Density
- 206 people per km²
- Households
- 19,984
- Under 15
- 13.9%
- 65 and over
- 32.2%
- Foreign residents
- 451 (0.9%)
- Code
- 41205 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.imari.saga.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Imari. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Imari
- Is Imari a city or a prefecture?
- Imari (伊万里市) is a city (市, shi) in Saga Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Imari?
- Imari is in Saga Prefecture (佐賀県), 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 Imari?
- 52,629 at the 2020 census, down 4.7% from 55,238 in 2015. The area is 255.25 km², which is 206 people per km². 19,984 households. 32.2% of residents are 65 or older and 13.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Imari?
- Five: Karatsu City (唐津市), Takeo City (武雄市), Arita Town (有田町), Sasebo City (佐世保市) in Nagasaki, and Matsura City (松浦市) in Nagasaki. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Imari in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Imari written in Japanese?
- 伊万里市, read Imari-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 Imari begin?
- 佐賀県伊万里市… (Saga-ken, Imari-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.