Iwade岩出市
Iwade-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Iwade (岩出市, Iwade-shi) is a city in Wakayama Prefecture. Population 53,967 (2020 census), area 38.51 km². Borders 4 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
- 岩出市
- Reading
- Iwade-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Wakayama 和歌山県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 53,967 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +1.0% from 53,452
- Area
- 38.51 km²
- Density
- 1,401 people per km²
- Households
- 21,999
- Under 15
- 13.5%
- 65 and over
- 24.1%
- Foreign residents
- 413 (0.8%)
- Code
- 30209 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.iwade.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Iwade. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Iwade
- Is Iwade a city or a prefecture?
- Iwade (岩出市) 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 Iwade?
- Iwade 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 Iwade?
- 53,967 at the 2020 census, up 1.0% from 53,452 in 2015. The area is 38.51 km², which is 1,401 people per km². 21,999 households. 24.1% of residents are 65 or older and 13.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Iwade?
- Four: Sennan City (泉南市) in Osaka, Hannan City (阪南市) in Osaka, Wakayama City (和歌山市), and Kinokawa City (紀の川市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Iwade in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Iwade written in Japanese?
- 岩出市, read Iwade-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 Iwade begin?
- 和歌山県岩出市… (Wakayama-ken, Iwade-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.