Hamura羽村市
Hamura-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hamura (羽村市, Hamura-shi) is a city in Tokyo Prefecture. Population 54,326 (2020 census), area 9.9 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
- 羽村市
- Reading
- Hamura-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Tokyo 東京都
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 54,326 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.7% from 55,833
- Area
- 9.9 km²
- Density
- 5,487 people per km²
- Households
- 23,809
- Under 15
- 12.0%
- 65 and over
- 27.2%
- Foreign residents
- 1,365 (2.5%)
- Code
- 13227 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.hamura.tokyo.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Hamura. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hamura
- Is Hamura a city or a prefecture?
- Hamura (羽村市) 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 Hamura?
- Hamura 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 Hamura?
- 54,326 at the 2020 census, down 2.7% from 55,833 in 2015. The area is 9.9 km², which is 5,487 people per km². 23,809 households. 27.2% of residents are 65 or older and 12.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hamura?
- Four: Ome City (青梅市), Fussa City (福生市), Akiruno City (あきる野市), and Mizuho Town (瑞穂町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hamura in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hamura written in Japanese?
- 羽村市, read Hamura-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 Hamura begin?
- 東京都羽村市… (Tōkyō-to, Hamura-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.