Mitaka三鷹市
Mitaka-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Mitaka (三鷹市, Mitaka-shi) is a city in Tokyo Prefecture. Population 195,391 (2020 census), area 16.42 km². Borders 5 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
- 三鷹市
- Reading
- Mitaka-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Tokyo 東京都
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 195,391 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +4.5% from 186,936
- Area
- 16.42 km²
- Density
- 11,900 people per km²
- Households
- 96,389
- Under 15
- 12.0%
- 65 and over
- 22.1%
- Foreign residents
- 3,903 (2.0%)
- Code
- 13204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.mitaka.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Mitaka. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Mitaka
- Is Mitaka a city or a prefecture?
- Mitaka (三鷹市) 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 Mitaka?
- Mitaka 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 Mitaka?
- 195,391 at the 2020 census, up 4.5% from 186,936 in 2015. The area is 16.42 km², which is 11,900 people per km². 96,389 households. 22.1% of residents are 65 or older and 12.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Mitaka?
- Five: Setagaya City (世田谷区), Suginami City (杉並区), Musashino City (武蔵野市), Chofu City (調布市), and Koganei City (小金井市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Mitaka in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Mitaka written in Japanese?
- 三鷹市, read Mitaka-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 Mitaka begin?
- 東京都三鷹市… (Tōkyō-to, Mitaka-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.