Ito伊東市
Ito-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Ito (伊東市, Ito-shi) is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture. Population 65,491 (2020 census), area 124.1 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
- 伊東市
- Reading
- Ito-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Shizuoka 静岡県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 65,491 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.2% from 68,345
- Area
- 124.1 km²
- Density
- 528 people per km²
- Households
- 30,820
- Under 15
- 8.4%
- 65 and over
- 43.6%
- Foreign residents
- 573 (0.9%)
- Code
- 22208 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.ito.shizuoka.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Ito. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Ito
- Is Ito a city or a prefecture?
- Ito (伊東市) 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 Ito?
- Ito 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 Ito?
- 65,491 at the 2020 census, down 4.2% from 68,345 in 2015. The area is 124.1 km², which is 528 people per km². 30,820 households. 43.6% of residents are 65 or older and 8.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Ito?
- Four: Atami City (熱海市), Izu City (伊豆市), Izunokuni City (伊豆の国市), and Higashiizu Town (東伊豆町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Ito in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Ito written in Japanese?
- 伊東市, read Ito-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 Ito begin?
- 静岡県伊東市… (Shizuoka-ken, Ito-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.