Yonago米子市
Yonago-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Yonago (米子市, Yonago-shi) is a city in Tottori Prefecture. Population 147,317 (2020 census), area 132.42 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
- 米子市
- Reading
- Yonago-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Tottori 鳥取県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 147,317 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -1.3% from 149,313
- Area
- 132.42 km²
- Density
- 1,112 people per km²
- Households
- 62,134
- Under 15
- 13.1%
- 65 and over
- 29.3%
- Foreign residents
- 1,345 (0.9%)
- Code
- 31202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.yonago.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Yonago. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Yonago
- Is Yonago a city or a prefecture?
- Yonago (米子市) 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 Yonago?
- Yonago 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 Yonago?
- 147,317 at the 2020 census, down 1.3% from 149,313 in 2015. The area is 132.42 km², which is 1,112 people per km². 62,134 households. 29.3% of residents are 65 or older and 13.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Yonago?
- Six: Sakaiminato City (境港市), Hiezu Village (日吉津村), Daisen Town (大山町), Nambu Town (南部町), Hoki Town (伯耆町), and Yasugi City (安来市) in Shimane. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yonago in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Yonago written in Japanese?
- 米子市, read Yonago-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 Yonago begin?
- 鳥取県米子市… (Tottori-ken, Yonago-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.