Yaita矢板市
Yaita-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Yaita (矢板市, Yaita-shi) is a city in Tochigi Prefecture. Population 31,165 (2020 census), area 170.46 km². Borders 4 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
- 矢板市
- Reading
- Yaita-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Tochigi 栃木県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 31,165 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.6% from 33,354
- Area
- 170.46 km²
- Density
- 183 people per km²
- Households
- 12,012
- Under 15
- 10.4%
- 65 and over
- 33.3%
- Foreign residents
- 306 (1.0%)
- Code
- 09211 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.yaita.tochigi.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Yaita. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Yaita
- Is Yaita a city or a prefecture?
- Yaita (矢板市) 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 Yaita?
- Yaita 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 Yaita?
- 31,165 at the 2020 census, down 6.6% from 33,354 in 2015. The area is 170.46 km², which is 183 people per km². 12,012 households. 33.3% of residents are 65 or older and 10.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Yaita?
- Four: Otawara City (大田原市), Nasushiobara City (那須塩原市), Sakura City (さくら市), and Shioya Town (塩谷町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yaita in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Yaita written in Japanese?
- 矢板市, read Yaita-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 Yaita begin?
- 栃木県矢板市… (Tochigi-ken, Yaita-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.