Yaizu焼津市
Yaizu-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Yaizu (焼津市, Yaizu-shi) is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture. Population 136,845 (2020 census), area 70.31 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
- 焼津市
- Reading
- Yaizu-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Shizuoka 静岡県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 136,845 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -1.9% from 139,462
- Area
- 70.31 km²
- Density
- 1,946 people per km²
- Households
- 53,243
- Under 15
- 12.1%
- 65 and over
- 30.0%
- Foreign residents
- 4,483 (3.3%)
- Code
- 22212 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.yaizu.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Yaizu. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Yaizu
- Is Yaizu a city or a prefecture?
- Yaizu (焼津市) 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 Yaizu?
- Yaizu 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 Yaizu?
- 136,845 at the 2020 census, down 1.9% from 139,462 in 2015. The area is 70.31 km², which is 1,946 people per km². 53,243 households. 30.0% of residents are 65 or older and 12.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Yaizu?
- Four: Suruga Ward (駿河区) of Shizuoka, Shimada City (島田市), Fujieda City (藤枝市), and Yoshida Town (吉田町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yaizu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Yaizu written in Japanese?
- 焼津市, read Yaizu-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 Yaizu begin?
- 静岡県焼津市… (Shizuoka-ken, Yaizu-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.