Sano佐野市
Sano-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Sano (佐野市, Sano-shi) is a city in Tochigi Prefecture. Population 116,228 (2020 census), area 356.04 km². Borders 7 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Tochigi Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 佐野市
- Reading
- Sano-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Tochigi 栃木県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 116,228 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.3% from 118,919
- Area
- 356.04 km²
- Density
- 326 people per km²
- Households
- 48,121
- Under 15
- 11.2%
- 65 and over
- 30.9%
- Foreign residents
- 2,890 (2.5%)
- Code
- 09204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.sano.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Sano. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Sano
- Is Sano a city or a prefecture?
- Sano (佐野市) is a city (市, shi) in Tochigi Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Sano?
- Sano is in Tochigi Prefecture (栃木県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Sano?
- 116,228 at the 2020 census, down 2.3% from 118,919 in 2015. The area is 356.04 km², which is 326 people per km². 48,121 households. 30.9% of residents are 65 or older and 11.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Sano?
- Seven: Ashikaga City (足利市), Tochigi City (栃木市), Kanuma City (鹿沼市), Kiryu City (桐生市) in Gunma, Tatebayashi City (館林市) in Gunma, Midori City (みどり市) in Gunma, and Itakura Town (板倉町) in Gunma. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Sano in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Sano written in Japanese?
- 佐野市, read Sano-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 Sano begin?
- 栃木県佐野市… (Tochigi-ken, Sano-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.