Hamamatsu浜松市
Hamamatsu-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hamamatsu (浜松市, Hamamatsu-shi) is a city and a designated city with 3 wards in Shizuoka Prefecture. Population 790,718 (2020 census), area 1,558.06 km². Borders 11 places.
An ordinance-designated city (政令指定都市 / seirei shitei toshi). Designated status lets a city take over services a prefecture would normally provide, and requires it to be divided into administrative wards. The wards are offices of the city, not governments of their own.
The city is one municipality. Its wards are internal divisions: voters in every ward elect the same mayor.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 浜松市
- Reading
- Hamamatsu-shi
- Kind
- City (市), designated city (政令指定都市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Shizuoka 静岡県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 790,718 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -0.9% from 797,980
- Area
- 1,558.06 km²
- Density
- 508 people per km²
- Households
- 320,749
- Under 15
- 12.9%
- 65 and over
- 28.2%
- Foreign residents
- 23,618 (3.0%)
- Code
- 22130 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.hamamatsu.shizuoka.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
The 3 wards of Hamamatsu行政区
Hamamatsu is a designated city, so it is divided into wards. Each ward has an office for counter services, and none has a mayor or an assembly. Voters in every ward elect the same city mayor.
| Ward | Population | km² |
|---|---|---|
| Chuo Ward中央区 | no figure | |
| Hamana Ward浜名区 | no figure | |
| Tenryu Ward天竜区 | no figure |
Neighbouring municipalities
11 places share a land border with Hamamatsu, counted through its wards. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hamamatsu
- Is Hamamatsu a city or a prefecture?
- Hamamatsu (浜松市) 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. It is a designated city, divided into 3 wards. The wards are offices of the city, not governments.
- Where is Hamamatsu?
- Hamamatsu 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 Hamamatsu?
- 790,718 at the 2020 census, down 0.9% from 797,980 in 2015. The area is 1,558.06 km², which is 508 people per km². 320,749 households. 28.2% of residents are 65 or older and 12.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hamamatsu?
- 11: Iida City (飯田市) in Nagano, Tenryu Village (天龍村) in Nagano, Shimada City (島田市), Iwata City (磐田市), Kosai City (湖西市), Kawanehon Town (川根本町), Mori Town (森町), Toyohashi City (豊橋市) in Aichi, Shinshiro City (新城市) in Aichi, Toei Town (東栄町) in Aichi, and Toyone Village (豊根村) in Aichi. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hamamatsu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hamamatsu written in Japanese?
- 浜松市, read Hamamatsu-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 Hamamatsu begin?
- 静岡県浜松市… (Shizuoka-ken, Hamamatsu-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. Then the name of one of the 3 wards. 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.