Yoshinogawa吉野川市
Yoshinogawa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Yoshinogawa (吉野川市, Yoshinogawa-shi) is a city in Tokushima Prefecture. Population 38,772 (2020 census), area 144.14 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
- 吉野川市
- Reading
- Yoshinogawa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Tokushima 徳島県
- Region
- Shikoku 四国
- Population
- 38,772 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.5% from 41,466
- Area
- 144.14 km²
- Density
- 269 people per km²
- Households
- 15,488
- Under 15
- 10.2%
- 65 and over
- 38.2%
- Foreign residents
- 353 (0.9%)
- Code
- 36205 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.yoshinogawa.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Yoshinogawa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Yoshinogawa
- Is Yoshinogawa a city or a prefecture?
- Yoshinogawa (吉野川市) 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 Yoshinogawa?
- Yoshinogawa 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 Yoshinogawa?
- 38,772 at the 2020 census, down 6.5% from 41,466 in 2015. The area is 144.14 km², which is 269 people per km². 15,488 households. 38.2% of residents are 65 or older and 10.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Yoshinogawa?
- Five: Awa City (阿波市), Mima City (美馬市), Ishii Town (石井町), Kamiyama Town (神山町), and Kamiita Town (上板町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yoshinogawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Yoshinogawa written in Japanese?
- 吉野川市, read Yoshinogawa-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 Yoshinogawa begin?
- 徳島県吉野川市… (Tokushima-ken, Yoshinogawa-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.