Nanyo南陽市
Nanyo-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Nanyo (南陽市, Nanyo-shi) is a city in Yamagata Prefecture. Population 30,420 (2020 census), area 160.52 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
- 南陽市
- Reading
- Nanyo-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Yamagata 山形県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 30,420 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.8% from 32,285
- Area
- 160.52 km²
- Density
- 190 people per km²
- Households
- 10,760
- Under 15
- 11.6%
- 65 and over
- 34.0%
- Foreign residents
- 270 (0.9%)
- Code
- 06213 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.nanyo.yamagata.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Nanyo. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Nanyo
- Is Nanyo a city or a prefecture?
- Nanyo (南陽市) 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 Nanyo?
- Nanyo 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 Nanyo?
- 30,420 at the 2020 census, down 5.8% from 32,285 in 2015. The area is 160.52 km², which is 190 people per km². 10,760 households. 34.0% of residents are 65 or older and 11.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Nanyo?
- Seven: Yamagata City (山形市), Kaminoyama City (上山市), Nagai City (長井市), Yamanobe Town (山辺町), Takahata Town (高畠町), Kawanishi Town (川西町), and Shirataka Town (白鷹町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Nanyo in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Nanyo written in Japanese?
- 南陽市, read Nanyo-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 Nanyo begin?
- 山形県南陽市… (Yamagata-ken, Nanyo-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.