Kaminoyama上山市
Kaminoyama-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kaminoyama (上山市, Kaminoyama-shi) is a city in Yamagata Prefecture. Population 29,110 (2020 census), area 240.93 km². Borders 5 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
- 上山市
- Reading
- Kaminoyama-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Yamagata 山形県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 29,110 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -7.8% from 31,569
- Area
- 240.93 km²
- Density
- 121 people per km²
- Households
- 10,537
- Under 15
- 9.3%
- 65 and over
- 39.3%
- Foreign residents
- 151 (0.5%)
- Code
- 06207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kaminoyama.yamagata.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Kaminoyama. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kaminoyama
- Is Kaminoyama a city or a prefecture?
- Kaminoyama (上山市) 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 Kaminoyama?
- Kaminoyama 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 Kaminoyama?
- 29,110 at the 2020 census, down 7.8% from 31,569 in 2015. The area is 240.93 km², which is 121 people per km². 10,537 households. 39.3% of residents are 65 or older and 9.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kaminoyama?
- Five: Zao Town (蔵王町) in Miyagi, Shichikashuku Town (七ヶ宿町) in Miyagi, Yamagata City (山形市), Nanyo City (南陽市), and Takahata Town (高畠町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kaminoyama in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kaminoyama written in Japanese?
- 上山市, read Kaminoyama-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 Kaminoyama begin?
- 山形県上山市… (Yamagata-ken, Kaminoyama-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.