Awa阿波市
Awa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Awa (阿波市, Awa-shi) is a city in Tokushima Prefecture. Population 34,713 (2020 census), area 191.11 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
- 阿波市
- Reading
- Awa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Tokushima 徳島県
- Region
- Shikoku 四国
- Population
- 34,713 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.7% from 37,202
- Area
- 191.11 km²
- Density
- 182 people per km²
- Households
- 13,029
- Under 15
- 10.2%
- 65 and over
- 38.1%
- Foreign residents
- 414 (1.2%)
- Code
- 36206 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.awa.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Awa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Awa
- Is Awa a city or a prefecture?
- Awa (阿波市) 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 Awa?
- Awa 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 Awa?
- 34,713 at the 2020 census, down 6.7% from 37,202 in 2015. The area is 191.11 km², which is 182 people per km². 13,029 households. 38.1% of residents are 65 or older and 10.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Awa?
- Four: Yoshinogawa City (吉野川市), Mima City (美馬市), Kamiita Town (上板町), and Higashikagawa City (東かがわ市) in Kagawa. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Awa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Awa written in Japanese?
- 阿波市, read Awa-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 Awa begin?
- 徳島県阿波市… (Tokushima-ken, Awa-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.