Nagai長井市
Nagai-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Nagai (長井市, Nagai-shi) is a city in Yamagata Prefecture. Population 26,543 (2020 census), area 214.67 km². Borders 6 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
- 長井市
- Reading
- Nagai-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Yamagata 山形県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 26,543 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.4% from 27,757
- Area
- 214.67 km²
- Density
- 124 people per km²
- Households
- 9,486
- Under 15
- 10.9%
- 65 and over
- 35.7%
- Foreign residents
- 341 (1.3%)
- Code
- 06209 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.nagai.yamagata.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Nagai. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Nagai
- Is Nagai a city or a prefecture?
- Nagai (長井市) 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 Nagai?
- Nagai 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 Nagai?
- 26,543 at the 2020 census, down 4.4% from 27,757 in 2015. The area is 214.67 km², which is 124 people per km². 9,486 households. 35.7% of residents are 65 or older and 10.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Nagai?
- Six: Nanyo City (南陽市), Asahi Town (朝日町), Kawanishi Town (川西町), Oguni Town (小国町), Shirataka Town (白鷹町), and Iide Town (飯豊町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Nagai in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Nagai written in Japanese?
- 長井市, read Nagai-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 Nagai begin?
- 山形県長井市… (Yamagata-ken, Nagai-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.