Hanyu羽生市
Hanyu-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hanyu (羽生市, Hanyu-shi) is a city in Saitama Prefecture. Population 52,862 (2020 census), area 58.64 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Saitama Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 羽生市
- Reading
- Hanyu-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Saitama 埼玉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 52,862 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.7% from 54,874
- Area
- 58.64 km²
- Density
- 901 people per km²
- Households
- 21,159
- Under 15
- 10.2%
- 65 and over
- 30.9%
- Foreign residents
- 1,547 (2.9%)
- Code
- 11216 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.hanyu.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Hanyu. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hanyu
- Is Hanyu a city or a prefecture?
- Hanyu (羽生市) is a city (市, shi) in Saitama Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Hanyu?
- Hanyu is in Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Hanyu?
- 52,862 at the 2020 census, down 3.7% from 54,874 in 2015. The area is 58.64 km², which is 901 people per km². 21,159 households. 30.9% of residents are 65 or older and 10.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hanyu?
- Four: Itakura Town (板倉町) in Gunma, Meiwa Town (明和町) in Gunma, Gyoda City (行田市), and Kazo City (加須市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hanyu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hanyu written in Japanese?
- 羽生市, read Hanyu-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 Hanyu begin?
- 埼玉県羽生市… (Saitama-ken, Hanyu-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.