Yasu野洲市
Yasu-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Yasu (野洲市, Yasu-shi) is a city in Shiga Prefecture. Population 50,513 (2020 census), area 80.14 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
- 野洲市
- Reading
- Yasu-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Shiga 滋賀県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 50,513 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +1.3% from 49,889
- Area
- 80.14 km²
- Density
- 630 people per km²
- Households
- 19,659
- Under 15
- 14.1%
- 65 and over
- 26.3%
- Foreign residents
- 652 (1.3%)
- Code
- 25210 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.yasu.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Yasu. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Yasu
- Is Yasu a city or a prefecture?
- Yasu (野洲市) 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 Yasu?
- Yasu 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 Yasu?
- 50,513 at the 2020 census, up 1.3% from 49,889 in 2015. The area is 80.14 km², which is 630 people per km². 19,659 households. 26.3% of residents are 65 or older and 14.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Yasu?
- Six: Otsu City (大津市), Omihachiman City (近江八幡市), Moriyama City (守山市), Ritto City (栗東市), Konan City (湖南市), and Ryuo Town (竜王町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yasu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Yasu written in Japanese?
- 野洲市, read Yasu-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 Yasu begin?
- 滋賀県野洲市… (Shiga-ken, Yasu-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.