Tendo天童市
Tendo-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Tendo (天童市, Tendo-shi) is a city in Yamagata Prefecture. Population 62,140 (2020 census), area 113.01 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
- 天童市
- Reading
- Tendo-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Yamagata 山形県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 62,140 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -0.1% from 62,194
- Area
- 113.01 km²
- Density
- 550 people per km²
- Households
- 22,589
- Under 15
- 13.0%
- 65 and over
- 30.3%
- Foreign residents
- 531 (0.9%)
- Code
- 06210 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.tendo.yamagata.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Tendo. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Tendo
- Is Tendo a city or a prefecture?
- Tendo (天童市) 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 Tendo?
- Tendo 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 Tendo?
- 62,140 at the 2020 census, down 0.1% from 62,194 in 2015. The area is 113.01 km², which is 550 people per km². 22,589 households. 30.3% of residents are 65 or older and 13.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Tendo?
- Five: Yamagata City (山形市), Sagae City (寒河江市), Higashine City (東根市), Nakayama Town (中山町), and Kahoku Town (河北町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tendo in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Tendo written in Japanese?
- 天童市, read Tendo-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 Tendo begin?
- 山形県天童市… (Yamagata-ken, Tendo-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.