Shizuoka静岡市
Shizuoka-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Shizuoka (静岡市, Shizuoka-shi) is a city and a designated city with 3 wards in Shizuoka Prefecture. Population 693,389 (2020 census), area 1,411.83 km². Borders 13 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
- 静岡市
- Reading
- Shizuoka-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
- 693,389 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -1.6% from 704,989
- Area
- 1,411.83 km²
- Density
- 491 people per km²
- Households
- 297,421
- Under 15
- 11.3%
- 65 and over
- 30.5%
- Foreign residents
- 10,856 (1.6%)
- Code
- 22100 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.shizuoka.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
The 3 wards of Shizuoka行政区
Shizuoka 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aoi Ward葵区 | 249,297 | 1,073.75 |
| Suruga Ward駿河区 | 213,026 | 73.06 |
| Shimizu Ward清水区 | 231,066 | 265.02 |
Neighbouring municipalities
13 places share a land border with Shizuoka, counted through its wards. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Shizuoka
- Is Shizuoka a city or a prefecture?
- Shizuoka (静岡市) 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. Shizuoka Prefecture (静岡県) is the larger unit around it. On its own, the name usually means the city.
- Where is Shizuoka?
- Shizuoka 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 Shizuoka?
- 693,389 at the 2020 census, down 1.6% from 704,989 in 2015. The area is 1,411.83 km², which is 491 people per km². 297,421 households. 30.5% of residents are 65 or older and 11.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Shizuoka?
- 13: Minamiarupusu City (南アルプス市) in Yamanashi, Hayakawa Town (早川町) in Yamanashi, Minobu Town (身延町) in Yamanashi, Nambu Town (南部町) in Yamanashi, Iida City (飯田市) in Nagano, Ina City (伊那市) in Nagano, Oshika Village (大鹿村) in Nagano, Fujinomiya City (富士宮市), Shimada City (島田市), Fuji City (富士市), Yaizu City (焼津市), Fujieda City (藤枝市), and Kawanehon Town (川根本町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Shizuoka in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Shizuoka written in Japanese?
- 静岡市, read Shizuoka-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 Shizuoka begin?
- 静岡県静岡市… (Shizuoka-ken, Shizuoka-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.