Sayama狭山市
Sayama-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Sayama (狭山市, Sayama-shi) is a city in Saitama Prefecture. Population 148,699 (2020 census), area 48.99 km². Borders 5 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
- 狭山市
- Reading
- Sayama-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Saitama 埼玉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 148,699 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.4% from 152,405
- Area
- 48.99 km²
- Density
- 3,035 people per km²
- Households
- 63,776
- Under 15
- 10.4%
- 65 and over
- 32.2%
- Foreign residents
- 2,678 (1.8%)
- Code
- 11215 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.sayama.saitama.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Sayama. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Sayama
- Is Sayama a city or a prefecture?
- Sayama (狭山市) 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 Sayama?
- Sayama 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 Sayama?
- 148,699 at the 2020 census, down 2.4% from 152,405 in 2015. The area is 48.99 km², which is 3,035 people per km². 63,776 households. 32.2% of residents are 65 or older and 10.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Sayama?
- Five: Kawagoe City (川越市), Tokorozawa City (所沢市), Hanno City (飯能市), Iruma City (入間市), and Hidaka City (日高市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Sayama in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Sayama written in Japanese?
- 狭山市, read Sayama-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 Sayama begin?
- 埼玉県狭山市… (Saitama-ken, Sayama-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.