Kurayoshi倉吉市
Kurayoshi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kurayoshi (倉吉市, Kurayoshi-shi) is a city in Tottori Prefecture. Population 46,485 (2020 census), area 272.06 km². Borders 6 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Tottori Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 倉吉市
- Reading
- Kurayoshi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Tottori 鳥取県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 46,485 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.2% from 49,044
- Area
- 272.06 km²
- Density
- 171 people per km²
- Households
- 18,309
- Under 15
- 12.4%
- 65 and over
- 34.6%
- Foreign residents
- 321 (0.7%)
- Code
- 31203 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kurayoshi.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Kurayoshi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kurayoshi
- Is Kurayoshi a city or a prefecture?
- Kurayoshi (倉吉市) is a city (市, shi) in Tottori Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Kurayoshi?
- Kurayoshi is in Tottori Prefecture (鳥取県), in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Kurayoshi?
- 46,485 at the 2020 census, down 5.2% from 49,044 in 2015. The area is 272.06 km², which is 171 people per km². 18,309 households. 34.6% of residents are 65 or older and 12.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kurayoshi?
- Six: Misasa Town (三朝町), Yurihama Town (湯梨浜町), Kotora Town (琴浦町), Hokuei Town (北栄町), Kofu Town (江府町), and Maniwa City (真庭市) in Okayama. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kurayoshi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kurayoshi written in Japanese?
- 倉吉市, read Kurayoshi-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 Kurayoshi begin?
- 鳥取県倉吉市… (Tottori-ken, Kurayoshi-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.