Ogasawara小笠原村

Ogasawara-mura. The name ends in 村 (mura), the word for village.

Ogasawara (小笠原村, Ogasawara-mura) is a village in Tokyo Prefecture. Population 2,929 (2020 census), area 106.88 km².

A village (村 / son or mura) in Ogasawara Subprefecture, Tokyo Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan. The district in its address groups towns and villages; it is not a government.

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Facts

Japanese name

小笠原村

Reading

Ogasawara-mura

Kind

Village (村): a local government

Subprefecture

Ogasawara Subprefecture 小笠原支庁, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Tokyo 東京都

Region

Kantō 関東

Population

2,929 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-3.1% from 3,022

Area

106.88 km²

Density

27 people per km²

Households

1,469

Under 15

14.2%

65 and over

14.1%

Foreign residents

23 (0.8%)

Code

13421 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

en.vill.ogasawara.tokyo.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

Ogasawara shares no land border with another municipality.

Questions about Ogasawara

Is Ogasawara a city, a town, or a village?

Ogasawara (小笠原村) is a village (村, mura) in Tokyo Prefecture. A village is a municipality on the same tier as a city, with its own mayor and assembly. The difference is size: a municipality generally needs 50,000 residents to become a city. Its address puts it in Ogasawara Subprefecture (小笠原支庁), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Ogasawara?

Ogasawara 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 Ogasawara?

2,929 at the 2020 census, down 3.1% from 3,022 in 2015. The area is 106.88 km², which is 27 people per km². 1,469 households. 14.1% of residents are 65 or older and 14.2% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Ogasawara?

None. Ogasawara shares no land border with another municipality. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Ogasawara written in Japanese?

小笠原村, read Ogasawara-mura. The last character, 村 (mura), is the word for village, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Ogasawara begin?

東京都小笠原支庁小笠原村… (Tōkyō-to, Ogasawara, Ogasawara-mura, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the village name. The district name is written but the district is not a government. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.