Naruto鳴門市
Naruto-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Naruto (鳴門市, Naruto-shi) is a city in Tokushima Prefecture. Population 54,622 (2020 census), area 135.66 km². Borders 5 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
- 鳴門市
- Reading
- Naruto-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Tokushima 徳島県
- Region
- Shikoku 四国
- Population
- 54,622 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.6% from 59,101
- Area
- 135.66 km²
- Density
- 403 people per km²
- Households
- 22,472
- Under 15
- 10.3%
- 65 and over
- 35.3%
- Foreign residents
- 372 (0.7%)
- Code
- 36202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.naruto.tokushima.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Naruto. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Naruto
- Is Naruto a city or a prefecture?
- Naruto (鳴門市) 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 Naruto?
- Naruto 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 Naruto?
- 54,622 at the 2020 census, down 7.6% from 59,101 in 2015. The area is 135.66 km², which is 403 people per km². 22,472 households. 35.3% of residents are 65 or older and 10.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Naruto?
- Five: Matsushige Town (松茂町), Kitajima Town (北島町), Aizumi Town (藍住町), Itano Town (板野町), and Higashikagawa City (東かがわ市) in Kagawa. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Naruto in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Naruto written in Japanese?
- 鳴門市, read Naruto-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 Naruto begin?
- 徳島県鳴門市… (Tokushima-ken, Naruto-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.