Hamana浜名区

Hamana-ku. The name ends in 区 (ku), the word for ward.

Hamana (浜名区, Hamana-ku) is a ward of Hamamatsu, in Shizuoka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Borders 6 places.

An administrative ward of the city around it. Its ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly: the city's mayor and assembly govern it.

In an address this ward is in the same slot as a Tokyo special ward, which makes the two look equivalent. Only Tokyo's 23 wards are governments.

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Facts

Japanese name

浜名区

Reading

Hamana-ku

Kind

Ward of a designated city (行政区): an office of the city, not a government

City

Hamamatsu City 浜松市

Prefecture

Shizuoka 静岡県

Region

Chūbu 中部

Population

No census figure. The 2020 census counted the wards as they were in 2020, and this ward was formed later.

Code

22139 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.hamamatsu.shizuoka.jp/ward/hamana/index.html

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

6 places share a land border with Hamana, 2 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.

• Chuo Ward中央区
• Tenryu Ward天竜区
• Iwata City磐田市
• Kosai City湖西市
• Toyohashi City豊橋市(Aichi)
• Shinshiro City新城市(Aichi)

Questions about Hamana

Is Hamana a city?

Hamana (浜名区) is a ward of Hamamatsu (浜松市), a designated city. It is not a government. The ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly of its own: the city's mayor and assembly govern it. Tokyo's 23 special wards are written with the same character, 区, and those are governments.

Where is Hamana?

Hamana is inside Hamamatsu (浜松市), 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 Hamana?

The 2020 census counted the wards as they were in 2020. Hamana was formed later, so it has no census figure of its own. The city's figure is on its page.

Which municipalities border Hamana?

Six: Chuo Ward (中央区), Tenryu Ward (天竜区), Iwata City (磐田市), Kosai City (湖西市), Toyohashi City (豊橋市) in Aichi, and Shinshiro City (新城市) in Aichi. These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Hamana in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Hamana written in Japanese?

浜名区, read Hamana-ku. The last character, 区 (ku), is the word for ward, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Hamana begin?

静岡県浜松市浜名区… (Shizuoka-ken, Hamamatsu-shi, Hamana-ku, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name, then the ward name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.