Oda大田市
Oda-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Oda (大田市, Oda-shi) is a city in Shimane Prefecture. Population 32,846 (2020 census), area 435.34 km². Borders 5 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
- 大田市
- Reading
- Oda-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Shimane 島根県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 32,846 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.6% from 35,166
- Area
- 435.34 km²
- Density
- 75 people per km²
- Households
- 13,343
- Under 15
- 11.1%
- 65 and over
- 40.4%
- Foreign residents
- 368 (1.1%)
- Code
- 32205 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.oda.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Oda. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Oda
- Is Oda a city or a prefecture?
- Oda (大田市) 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 Oda?
- Oda 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 Oda?
- 32,846 at the 2020 census, down 6.6% from 35,166 in 2015. The area is 435.34 km², which is 75 people per km². 13,343 households. 40.4% of residents are 65 or older and 11.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Oda?
- Five: Izumo City (出雲市), Gotsu City (江津市), Iinan Town (飯南町), Kawamoto Town (川本町), and Misato Town (美郷町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Oda in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Oda written in Japanese?
- 大田市, read Oda-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 Oda begin?
- 島根県大田市… (Shimane-ken, Oda-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.