Shimoda下田市
Shimoda-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Shimoda (下田市, Shimoda-shi) is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture. Population 20,183 (2020 census), area 104.38 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
- 下田市
- Reading
- Shimoda-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Shizuoka 静岡県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 20,183 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -11.9% from 22,916
- Area
- 104.38 km²
- Density
- 193 people per km²
- Households
- 9,641
- Under 15
- 8.3%
- 65 and over
- 42.4%
- Foreign residents
- 176 (0.9%)
- Code
- 22219 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.shimoda.shizuoka.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Shimoda. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Shimoda
- Is Shimoda a city or a prefecture?
- Shimoda (下田市) 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 Shimoda?
- Shimoda 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 Shimoda?
- 20,183 at the 2020 census, down 11.9% from 22,916 in 2015. The area is 104.38 km², which is 193 people per km². 9,641 households. 42.4% of residents are 65 or older and 8.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Shimoda?
- Three: Kawazu Town (河津町), Minamiizu Town (南伊豆町), and Matsuzaki Town (松崎町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Shimoda in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Shimoda written in Japanese?
- 下田市, read Shimoda-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 Shimoda begin?
- 静岡県下田市… (Shizuoka-ken, Shimoda-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.