Shimotsuke下野市
Shimotsuke-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Shimotsuke (下野市, Shimotsuke-shi) is a city in Tochigi Prefecture. Population 59,507 (2020 census), area 74.59 km². Borders 6 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
- 下野市
- Reading
- Shimotsuke-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Tochigi 栃木県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 59,507 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.1% from 59,431
- Area
- 74.59 km²
- Density
- 798 people per km²
- Households
- 23,497
- Under 15
- 12.1%
- 65 and over
- 25.8%
- Foreign residents
- 718 (1.2%)
- Code
- 09216 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.shimotsuke.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Shimotsuke. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Shimotsuke
- Is Shimotsuke a city or a prefecture?
- Shimotsuke (下野市) 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 Shimotsuke?
- Shimotsuke 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 Shimotsuke?
- 59,507 at the 2020 census, up 0.1% from 59,431 in 2015. The area is 74.59 km², which is 798 people per km². 23,497 households. 25.8% of residents are 65 or older and 12.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Shimotsuke?
- Six: Utsunomiya City (宇都宮市), Tochigi City (栃木市), Oyama City (小山市), Moka City (真岡市), Kaminokawa Town (上三川町), and Mibu Town (壬生町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Shimotsuke in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Shimotsuke written in Japanese?
- 下野市, read Shimotsuke-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 Shimotsuke begin?
- 栃木県下野市… (Tochigi-ken, Shimotsuke-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.