Hikone彦根市
Hikone-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hikone (彦根市, Hikone-shi) is a city in Shiga Prefecture. Population 113,647 (2020 census), area 196.87 km². Borders 9 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Shiga Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 彦根市
- Reading
- Hikone-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Shiga 滋賀県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 113,647 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- 0.0% from 113,679
- Area
- 196.87 km²
- Density
- 577 people per km²
- Households
- 48,212
- Under 15
- 13.2%
- 65 and over
- 25.2%
- Foreign residents
- 2,641 (2.3%)
- Code
- 25202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.hikone.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Hikone. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hikone
- Is Hikone a city or a prefecture?
- Hikone (彦根市) is a city (市, shi) in Shiga Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Hikone?
- Hikone is in Shiga Prefecture (滋賀県), in the Kansai region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Hikone?
- 113,647 at the 2020 census, unchanged from 113,679 in 2015. The area is 196.87 km², which is 577 people per km². 48,212 households. 25.2% of residents are 65 or older and 13.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hikone?
- Nine: Nagahama City (長浜市), Omihachiman City (近江八幡市), Takashima City (高島市), Higashiomi City (東近江市), Maibara City (米原市), Aisho Town (愛荘町), Toyosato Town (豊郷町), Kora Town (甲良町), and Taga Town (多賀町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hikone in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hikone written in Japanese?
- 彦根市, read Hikone-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 Hikone begin?
- 滋賀県彦根市… (Shiga-ken, Hikone-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.