Aoi葵区
Aoi-ku. The name ends in 区 (ku), the word for ward.
Aoi (葵区, Aoi-ku) is a ward of Shizuoka, in Shizuoka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 249,297 (2020 census), area 1,073.75 km². Borders 12 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.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 葵区
- Reading
- Aoi-ku
- Kind
- Ward of a designated city (行政区): an office of the city, not a government
- City
- Shizuoka City 静岡市
- Prefecture
- Shizuoka 静岡県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 249,297 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -1.7% from 253,593
- Area
- 1,073.75 km²
- Density
- 232 people per km²
- Households
- 105,124
- Under 15
- 11.7%
- 65 and over
- 31.4%
- Foreign residents
- 3,018 (1.2%)
- Code
- 22101 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.shizuoka.lg.jp/aoi.html
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring wards and municipalities
12 places share a land border with Aoi, 2 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Aoi
- Is Aoi a city?
- Aoi (葵区) is a ward of Shizuoka (静岡市), 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 Aoi?
- Aoi is inside Shizuoka (静岡市), 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 Aoi?
- 249,297 at the 2020 census, down 1.7% from 253,593 in 2015. The area is 1,073.75 km², which is 232 people per km². 105,124 households. 31.4% of residents are 65 or older and 11.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Aoi?
- 12: 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, Suruga Ward (駿河区), Shimizu Ward (清水区), Shimada City (島田市), Fujieda City (藤枝市), and Kawanehon Town (川根本町). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Aoi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Aoi written in Japanese?
- 葵区, read Aoi-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 Aoi begin?
- 静岡県静岡市葵区… (Shizuoka-ken, Shizuoka-shi, Aoi-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.
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.