Arida有田市
Arida-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Arida (有田市, Arida-shi) is a city in Wakayama Prefecture. Population 26,538 (2020 census), area 36.83 km². Borders 3 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Wakayama Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 有田市
- Reading
- Arida-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Wakayama 和歌山県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 26,538 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.8% from 28,470
- Area
- 36.83 km²
- Density
- 721 people per km²
- Households
- 10,270
- Under 15
- 10.5%
- 65 and over
- 35.2%
- Foreign residents
- 148 (0.6%)
- Code
- 30204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.arida.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Arida. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Arida
- Is Arida a city or a prefecture?
- Arida (有田市) is a city (市, shi) in Wakayama Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Arida?
- Arida is in Wakayama Prefecture (和歌山県), in the Kansai region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Arida?
- 26,538 at the 2020 census, down 6.8% from 28,470 in 2015. The area is 36.83 km², which is 721 people per km². 10,270 households. 35.2% of residents are 65 or older and 10.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Arida?
- Three: Kainan City (海南市), Yuasa Town (湯浅町), and Aridagawa Town (有田川町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Arida in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Arida written in Japanese?
- 有田市, read Arida-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 Arida begin?
- 和歌山県有田市… (Wakayama-ken, Arida-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.