Akishima昭島市
Akishima-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Akishima (昭島市, Akishima-shi) is a city in Tokyo Prefecture. Population 113,949 (2020 census), area 17.34 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Tokyo Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 昭島市
- Reading
- Akishima-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Tokyo 東京都
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 113,949 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +2.2% from 111,539
- Area
- 17.34 km²
- Density
- 6,571 people per km²
- Households
- 52,163
- Under 15
- 12.1%
- 65 and over
- 26.5%
- Foreign residents
- 2,949 (2.6%)
- Code
- 13207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.akishima.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Akishima. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Akishima
- Is Akishima a city or a prefecture?
- Akishima (昭島市) is a city (市, shi) in Tokyo Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Akishima?
- Akishima is in Tokyo Prefecture (東京都), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Akishima?
- 113,949 at the 2020 census, up 2.2% from 111,539 in 2015. The area is 17.34 km², which is 6,571 people per km². 52,163 households. 26.5% of residents are 65 or older and 12.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Akishima?
- Four: Hachiōji City (八王子市), Tachikawa City (立川市), Hino City (日野市), and Fussa City (福生市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Akishima in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Akishima written in Japanese?
- 昭島市, read Akishima-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 Akishima begin?
- 東京都昭島市… (Tōkyō-to, Akishima-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.