Oyabe小矢部市
Oyabe-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Oyabe (小矢部市, Oyabe-shi) is a city in Toyama Prefecture. Population 28,983 (2020 census), area 134.07 km². Borders 5 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Toyama Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 小矢部市
- Reading
- Oyabe-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Toyama 富山県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 28,983 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.7% from 30,399
- Area
- 134.07 km²
- Density
- 216 people per km²
- Households
- 9,726
- Under 15
- 10.2%
- 65 and over
- 37.4%
- Foreign residents
- 528 (1.8%)
- Code
- 16209 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.oyabe.toyama.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Oyabe. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Oyabe
- Is Oyabe a city or a prefecture?
- Oyabe (小矢部市) is a city (市, shi) in Toyama Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Oyabe?
- Oyabe is in Toyama Prefecture (富山県), in the Chūbu region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Oyabe?
- 28,983 at the 2020 census, down 4.7% from 30,399 in 2015. The area is 134.07 km², which is 216 people per km². 9,726 households. 37.4% of residents are 65 or older and 10.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Oyabe?
- Five: Takaoka City (高岡市), Tonami City (砺波市), Nanto City (南砺市), Kanazawa City (金沢市) in Ishikawa, and Tsubata Town (津幡町) in Ishikawa. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Oyabe in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Oyabe written in Japanese?
- 小矢部市, read Oyabe-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 Oyabe begin?
- 富山県小矢部市… (Toyama-ken, Oyabe-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.