Fukuroi袋井市
Fukuroi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Fukuroi (袋井市, Fukuroi-shi) is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture. Population 87,864 (2020 census), area 108.33 km². Borders 3 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
- 袋井市
- Reading
- Fukuroi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Shizuoka 静岡県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 87,864 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +2.4% from 85,789
- Area
- 108.33 km²
- Density
- 811 people per km²
- Households
- 34,072
- Under 15
- 14.6%
- 65 and over
- 24.4%
- Foreign residents
- 4,641 (5.3%)
- Code
- 22216 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.fukuroi.shizuoka.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Fukuroi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Fukuroi
- Is Fukuroi a city or a prefecture?
- Fukuroi (袋井市) 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 Fukuroi?
- Fukuroi 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 Fukuroi?
- 87,864 at the 2020 census, up 2.4% from 85,789 in 2015. The area is 108.33 km², which is 811 people per km². 34,072 households. 24.4% of residents are 65 or older and 14.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Fukuroi?
- Three: Iwata City (磐田市), Kakegawa City (掛川市), and Mori Town (森町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Fukuroi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Fukuroi written in Japanese?
- 袋井市, read Fukuroi-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 Fukuroi begin?
- 静岡県袋井市… (Shizuoka-ken, Fukuroi-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.