Moriyama守山市
Moriyama-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Moriyama (守山市, Moriyama-shi) is a city in Shiga Prefecture. Population 83,236 (2020 census), area 55.74 km². Borders 4 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
- 守山市
- Reading
- Moriyama-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Shiga 滋賀県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 83,236 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +4.2% from 79,859
- Area
- 55.74 km²
- Density
- 1,493 people per km²
- Households
- 31,796
- Under 15
- 16.4%
- 65 and over
- 22.0%
- Foreign residents
- 1,114 (1.3%)
- Code
- 25207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.moriyama.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Moriyama. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Moriyama
- Is Moriyama a city or a prefecture?
- Moriyama (守山市) 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 Moriyama?
- Moriyama 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 Moriyama?
- 83,236 at the 2020 census, up 4.2% from 79,859 in 2015. The area is 55.74 km², which is 1,493 people per km². 31,796 households. 22.0% of residents are 65 or older and 16.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Moriyama?
- Four: Otsu City (大津市), Kusatsu City (草津市), Ritto City (栗東市), and Yasu City (野洲市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Moriyama in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Moriyama written in Japanese?
- 守山市, read Moriyama-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 Moriyama begin?
- 滋賀県守山市… (Shiga-ken, Moriyama-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.