Yashio八潮市
Yashio-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Yashio (八潮市, Yashio-shi) is a city in Saitama Prefecture. Population 93,363 (2020 census), area 18.02 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
- 八潮市
- Reading
- Yashio-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Saitama 埼玉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 93,363 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +7.7% from 86,717
- Area
- 18.02 km²
- Density
- 5,181 people per km²
- Households
- 42,183
- Under 15
- 12.1%
- 65 and over
- 23.3%
- Foreign residents
- 3,937 (4.2%)
- Code
- 11234 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.yashio.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Yashio. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Yashio
- Is Yashio a city or a prefecture?
- Yashio (八潮市) 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 Yashio?
- Yashio 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 Yashio?
- 93,363 at the 2020 census, up 7.7% from 86,717 in 2015. The area is 18.02 km², which is 5,181 people per km². 42,183 households. 23.3% of residents are 65 or older and 12.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Yashio?
- Four: Soka City (草加市), Misato City (三郷市), Adachi City (足立区) in Tokyo, and Katsushika City (葛飾区) in Tokyo. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yashio in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Yashio written in Japanese?
- 八潮市, read Yashio-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 Yashio begin?
- 埼玉県八潮市… (Saitama-ken, Yashio-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.