Tonami砺波市
Tonami-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Tonami (砺波市, Tonami-shi) is a city in Toyama Prefecture. Population 48,154 (2020 census), area 127.03 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
- 砺波市
- Reading
- Tonami-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Toyama 富山県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 48,154 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -1.7% from 49,000
- Area
- 127.03 km²
- Density
- 379 people per km²
- Households
- 17,147
- Under 15
- 12.3%
- 65 and over
- 30.5%
- Foreign residents
- 739 (1.5%)
- Code
- 16208 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.tonami.toyama.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Tonami. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Tonami
- Is Tonami a city or a prefecture?
- Tonami (砺波市) 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 Tonami?
- Tonami 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 Tonami?
- 48,154 at the 2020 census, down 1.7% from 49,000 in 2015. The area is 127.03 km², which is 379 people per km². 17,147 households. 30.5% of residents are 65 or older and 12.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Tonami?
- Five: Toyama City (富山市), Takaoka City (高岡市), Oyabe City (小矢部市), Nanto City (南砺市), and Imizu City (射水市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tonami in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Tonami written in Japanese?
- 砺波市, read Tonami-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 Tonami begin?
- 富山県砺波市… (Toyama-ken, Tonami-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.