Anan阿南市
Anan-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Anan (阿南市, Anan-shi) is a city in Tokushima Prefecture. Population 69,470 (2020 census), area 279.25 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Tokushima Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 阿南市
- Reading
- Anan-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Tokushima 徳島県
- Region
- Shikoku 四国
- Population
- 69,470 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.9% from 73,019
- Area
- 279.25 km²
- Density
- 249 people per km²
- Households
- 27,439
- Under 15
- 12.0%
- 65 and over
- 33.6%
- Foreign residents
- 328 (0.5%)
- Code
- 36204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.anan.tokushima.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Anan. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Anan
- Is Anan a city or a prefecture?
- Anan (阿南市) is a city (市, shi) in Tokushima Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Anan?
- Anan is in Tokushima Prefecture (徳島県), in the Shikoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Anan?
- 69,470 at the 2020 census, down 4.9% from 73,019 in 2015. The area is 279.25 km², which is 249 people per km². 27,439 households. 33.6% of residents are 65 or older and 12.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Anan?
- Four: Komatsushima City (小松島市), Katsura Town (勝浦町), Naka Town (那賀町), and Minami Town (美波町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Anan in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Anan written in Japanese?
- 阿南市, read Anan-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 Anan begin?
- 徳島県阿南市… (Tokushima-ken, Anan-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.