Yoshinogari吉野ヶ里町

Yoshinogari-cho. The name ends in 町 (cho), the word for town.

Yoshinogari (吉野ヶ里町, Yoshinogari-cho) is a town in Saga Prefecture. Population 16,323 (2020 census), area 43.99 km². Borders 5 places.

A town (町 / chō or machi) in Kanzaki District, Saga Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan. The district in its address groups towns and villages; it is not a government.

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Facts

Japanese name

吉野ヶ里町

Reading

Yoshinogari-cho

Kind

Town (町): a local government

District (郡)

Kanzaki District 神埼郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Saga 佐賀県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

16,323 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-0.5% from 16,411

Area

43.99 km²

Density

371 people per km²

Households

6,137

Under 15

15.1%

65 and over

24.4%

Foreign residents

194 (1.2%)

Code

41327 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.town.yoshinogari.lg.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

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

• Sawara Ward早良区(Fukuoka)
• Nakagawa City那珂川市(Fukuoka)
• Kanzaki City神埼市
• Kamimine Town上峰町
• Miyaki Townみやき町

Questions about Yoshinogari

Is Yoshinogari a city, a town, or a village?

Yoshinogari (吉野ヶ里町) is a town (町, cho) in Saga Prefecture. A town is a municipality on the same tier as a city, with its own mayor and assembly. The difference is size: a municipality generally needs 50,000 residents to become a city. Its address puts it in Kanzaki District (神埼郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Yoshinogari?

Yoshinogari 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 Yoshinogari?

16,323 at the 2020 census, down 0.5% from 16,411 in 2015. The area is 43.99 km², which is 371 people per km². 6,137 households. 24.4% of residents are 65 or older and 15.1% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Yoshinogari?

Five: Sawara Ward (早良区) of Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Nakagawa City (那珂川市) in Fukuoka, Kanzaki City (神埼市), Kamimine Town (上峰町), and Miyaki Town (みやき町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yoshinogari in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Yoshinogari written in Japanese?

吉野ヶ里町, read Yoshinogari-cho. The last character, 町 (cho), is the word for town, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Yoshinogari begin?

佐賀県神埼郡吉野ヶ里町… (Saga-ken, Kanzaki-gun, Yoshinogari-cho, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the town name. The district name is written but the district is not a government. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.