Miyoshi三好市
Miyoshi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Miyoshi (三好市, Miyoshi-shi) is a city in Tokushima Prefecture. Population 23,605 (2020 census), area 721.42 km². Borders 10 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
- 三好市
- Reading
- Miyoshi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Tokushima 徳島県
- Region
- Shikoku 四国
- Population
- 23,605 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -12.0% from 26,836
- Area
- 721.42 km²
- Density
- 33 people per km²
- Households
- 10,325
- Under 15
- 8.3%
- 65 and over
- 46.1%
- Foreign residents
- 187 (0.8%)
- Code
- 36208 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.miyoshi.i-tokushima.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
10 places share a land border with Miyoshi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Miyoshi
- Is Miyoshi a city or a prefecture?
- Miyoshi (三好市) 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 Miyoshi?
- Miyoshi 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 Miyoshi?
- 23,605 at the 2020 census, down 12.0% from 26,836 in 2015. The area is 721.42 km², which is 33 people per km². 10,325 households. 46.1% of residents are 65 or older and 8.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Miyoshi?
- 10: Mima City (美馬市), Naka Town (那賀町), Tsurugi Town (つるぎ町), Higashimiyoshi Town (東みよし町), Kanonji City (観音寺市) in Kagawa, Mitoyo City (三豊市) in Kagawa, Manno Town (まんのう町) in Kagawa, Shikokuchuo City (四国中央市) in Ehime, Kami City (香美市) in Kōchi, and Otoyo Town (大豊町) in Kōchi. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Miyoshi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Miyoshi written in Japanese?
- 三好市, read Miyoshi-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 Miyoshi begin?
- 徳島県三好市… (Tokushima-ken, Miyoshi-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.