Atami熱海市
Atami-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Atami (熱海市, Atami-shi) is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture. Population 34,208 (2020 census), area 61.78 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Shizuoka Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 熱海市
- Reading
- Atami-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Shizuoka 静岡県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 34,208 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -8.9% from 37,544
- Area
- 61.78 km²
- Density
- 554 people per km²
- Households
- 18,440
- Under 15
- 5.8%
- 65 and over
- 48.7%
- Foreign residents
- 545 (1.6%)
- Code
- 22205 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.atami.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Atami. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Atami
- Is Atami a city or a prefecture?
- Atami (熱海市) is a city (市, shi) in Shizuoka Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Atami?
- Atami is in Shizuoka Prefecture (静岡県), in the Chūbu region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Atami?
- 34,208 at the 2020 census, down 8.9% from 37,544 in 2015. The area is 61.78 km², which is 554 people per km². 18,440 households. 48.7% of residents are 65 or older and 5.8% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Atami?
- Four: Yugawara Town (湯河原町) in Kanagawa, Ito City (伊東市), Izunokuni City (伊豆の国市), and Kannami Town (函南町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Atami in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Atami written in Japanese?
- 熱海市, read Atami-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 Atami begin?
- 静岡県熱海市… (Shizuoka-ken, Atami-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.