Hamada浜田市
Hamada-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hamada (浜田市, Hamada-shi) is a city in Shimane Prefecture. Population 54,592 (2020 census), area 690.68 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Shimane Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 浜田市
- Reading
- Hamada-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Shimane 島根県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 54,592 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.0% from 58,105
- Area
- 690.68 km²
- Density
- 79 people per km²
- Households
- 24,370
- Under 15
- 10.9%
- 65 and over
- 35.8%
- Foreign residents
- 683 (1.3%)
- Code
- 32202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.hamada.shimane.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Hamada. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hamada
- Is Hamada a city or a prefecture?
- Hamada (浜田市) is a city (市, shi) in Shimane Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Hamada?
- Hamada is in Shimane Prefecture (島根県), in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Hamada?
- 54,592 at the 2020 census, down 6.0% from 58,105 in 2015. The area is 690.68 km², which is 79 people per km². 24,370 households. 35.8% of residents are 65 or older and 10.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hamada?
- Four: Masuda City (益田市), Gotsu City (江津市), Onan Town (邑南町), and Kitahiroshima Town (北広島町) in Hiroshima. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hamada in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hamada written in Japanese?
- 浜田市, read Hamada-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 Hamada begin?
- 島根県浜田市… (Shimane-ken, Hamada-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.