Shiki志木市
Shiki-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Shiki (志木市, Shiki-shi) is a city in Saitama Prefecture. Population 75,346 (2020 census), area 9.05 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
- 志木市
- Reading
- Shiki-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Saitama 埼玉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 75,346 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +3.7% from 72,676
- Area
- 9.05 km²
- Density
- 8,326 people per km²
- Households
- 32,730
- Under 15
- 13.2%
- 65 and over
- 24.9%
- Foreign residents
- 1,808 (2.4%)
- Code
- 11228 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.shiki.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Shiki. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Shiki
- Is Shiki a city or a prefecture?
- Shiki (志木市) 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 Shiki?
- Shiki 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 Shiki?
- 75,346 at the 2020 census, up 3.7% from 72,676 in 2015. The area is 9.05 km², which is 8,326 people per km². 32,730 households. 24.9% of residents are 65 or older and 13.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Shiki?
- Five: Sakura Ward (桜区) of Saitama, Asaka City (朝霞市), Niiza City (新座市), Fujimi City (富士見市), and Miyoshi Town (三芳町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Shiki in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Shiki written in Japanese?
- 志木市, read Shiki-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 Shiki begin?
- 埼玉県志木市… (Saitama-ken, Shiki-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.