Ritto栗東市
Ritto-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Ritto (栗東市, Ritto-shi) is a city in Shiga Prefecture. Population 68,820 (2020 census), area 52.69 km². Borders 6 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
- 栗東市
- Reading
- Ritto-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Shiga 滋賀県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 68,820 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +3.1% from 66,749
- Area
- 52.69 km²
- Density
- 1,306 people per km²
- Households
- 26,688
- Under 15
- 16.5%
- 65 and over
- 19.2%
- Foreign residents
- 1,351 (2.0%)
- Code
- 25208 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.ritto.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Ritto. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Ritto
- Is Ritto a city or a prefecture?
- Ritto (栗東市) 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 Ritto?
- Ritto 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 Ritto?
- 68,820 at the 2020 census, up 3.1% from 66,749 in 2015. The area is 52.69 km², which is 1,306 people per km². 26,688 households. 19.2% of residents are 65 or older and 16.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Ritto?
- Six: Otsu City (大津市), Kusatsu City (草津市), Moriyama City (守山市), Koka City (甲賀市), Yasu City (野洲市), and Konan City (湖南市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Ritto in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Ritto written in Japanese?
- 栗東市, read Ritto-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 Ritto begin?
- 滋賀県栗東市… (Shiga-ken, Ritto-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.