Tsuruoka鶴岡市
Tsuruoka-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Tsuruoka (鶴岡市, Tsuruoka-shi) is a city in Yamagata Prefecture. Population 122,347 (2020 census), area 1,311.53 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
- 鶴岡市
- Reading
- Tsuruoka-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Yamagata 山形県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 122,347 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.6% from 129,652
- Area
- 1,311.53 km²
- Density
- 93 people per km²
- Households
- 45,666
- Under 15
- 11.0%
- 65 and over
- 35.3%
- Foreign residents
- 709 (0.6%)
- Code
- 06203 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.tsuruokacity.com
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Tsuruoka. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Tsuruoka
- Is Tsuruoka a city or a prefecture?
- Tsuruoka (鶴岡市) 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 Tsuruoka?
- Tsuruoka 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 Tsuruoka?
- 122,347 at the 2020 census, down 5.6% from 129,652 in 2015. The area is 1,311.53 km², which is 93 people per km². 45,666 households. 35.3% of residents are 65 or older and 11.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Tsuruoka?
- Five: Sakata City (酒田市), Nishikawa Town (西川町), Mikawa Town (三川町), Shonai Town (庄内町), and Murakami City (村上市) in Niigata. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tsuruoka in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Tsuruoka written in Japanese?
- 鶴岡市, read Tsuruoka-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 Tsuruoka begin?
- 山形県鶴岡市… (Yamagata-ken, Tsuruoka-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.