Shiraoka白岡市
Shiraoka-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Shiraoka (白岡市, Shiraoka-shi) is a city in Saitama Prefecture. Population 52,214 (2020 census), area 24.92 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
- 白岡市
- Reading
- Shiraoka-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Saitama 埼玉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 52,214 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +1.3% from 51,535
- Area
- 24.92 km²
- Density
- 2,095 people per km²
- Households
- 20,513
- Under 15
- 12.5%
- 65 and over
- 28.3%
- Foreign residents
- 561 (1.1%)
- Code
- 11246 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.shiraoka.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Shiraoka. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Shiraoka
- Is Shiraoka a city or a prefecture?
- Shiraoka (白岡市) 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 Shiraoka?
- Shiraoka 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 Shiraoka?
- 52,214 at the 2020 census, up 1.3% from 51,535 in 2015. The area is 24.92 km², which is 2,095 people per km². 20,513 households. 28.3% of residents are 65 or older and 12.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Shiraoka?
- Five: Iwatsuki Ward (岩槻区) of Saitama, Kasukabe City (春日部市), Kuki City (久喜市), Hasuda City (蓮田市), and Miyashiro Town (宮代町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Shiraoka in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Shiraoka written in Japanese?
- 白岡市, read Shiraoka-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 Shiraoka begin?
- 埼玉県白岡市… (Saitama-ken, Shiraoka-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.