Hikari光市
Hikari-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hikari (光市, Hikari-shi) is a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Population 49,798 (2020 census), area 92.13 km². Borders 5 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Yamaguchi Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 光市
- Reading
- Hikari-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Yamaguchi 山口県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 49,798 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.1% from 51,369
- Area
- 92.13 km²
- Density
- 541 people per km²
- Households
- 21,439
- Under 15
- 11.5%
- 65 and over
- 36.2%
- Foreign residents
- 458 (0.9%)
- Code
- 35210 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.hikari.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Hikari. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hikari
- Is Hikari a city or a prefecture?
- Hikari (光市) is a city (市, shi) in Yamaguchi Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Hikari?
- Hikari is in Yamaguchi Prefecture (山口県), in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Hikari?
- 49,798 at the 2020 census, down 3.1% from 51,369 in 2015. The area is 92.13 km², which is 541 people per km². 21,439 households. 36.2% of residents are 65 or older and 11.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hikari?
- Five: Kudamatsu City (下松市), Iwakuni City (岩国市), Yanai City (柳井市), Shunan City (周南市), and Tabuse Town (田布施町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hikari in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hikari written in Japanese?
- 光市, read Hikari-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 Hikari begin?
- 山口県光市… (Yamaguchi-ken, Hikari-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.