Higashine東根市
Higashine-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Higashine (東根市, Higashine-shi) is a city in Yamagata Prefecture. Population 47,682 (2020 census), area 206.94 km². Borders 7 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Yamagata Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 東根市
- Reading
- Higashine-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Yamagata 山形県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 47,682 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -0.2% from 47,768
- Area
- 206.94 km²
- Density
- 230 people per km²
- Households
- 16,573
- Under 15
- 13.7%
- 65 and over
- 28.3%
- Foreign residents
- 331 (0.7%)
- Code
- 06211 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.higashine.yamagata.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Higashine. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Higashine
- Is Higashine a city or a prefecture?
- Higashine (東根市) is a city (市, shi) in Yamagata Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Higashine?
- Higashine is in Yamagata Prefecture (山形県), in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Higashine?
- 47,682 at the 2020 census, down 0.2% from 47,768 in 2015. The area is 206.94 km², which is 230 people per km². 16,573 households. 28.3% of residents are 65 or older and 13.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Higashine?
- Seven: Aoba Ward (青葉区) of Sendai in Miyagi, Taihaku Ward (太白区) of Sendai in Miyagi, Yamagata City (山形市), Murayama City (村山市), Tendo City (天童市), Obanazawa City (尾花沢市), and Kahoku Town (河北町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Higashine in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Higashine written in Japanese?
- 東根市, read Higashine-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 Higashine begin?
- 山形県東根市… (Yamagata-ken, Higashine-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.