Sanyoonoda山陽小野田市
Sanyoonoda-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Sanyoonoda (山陽小野田市, Sanyoonoda-shi) is a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Population 60,326 (2020 census), area 133.09 km². Borders 3 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
- 山陽小野田市
- Reading
- Sanyoonoda-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Yamaguchi 山口県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 60,326 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.7% from 62,671
- Area
- 133.09 km²
- Density
- 453 people per km²
- Households
- 26,106
- Under 15
- 12.2%
- 65 and over
- 34.2%
- Foreign residents
- 691 (1.1%)
- Code
- 35216 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.sanyo-onoda.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Sanyoonoda. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Sanyoonoda
- Is Sanyoonoda a city or a prefecture?
- Sanyoonoda (山陽小野田市) 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 Sanyoonoda?
- Sanyoonoda 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 Sanyoonoda?
- 60,326 at the 2020 census, down 3.7% from 62,671 in 2015. The area is 133.09 km², which is 453 people per km². 26,106 households. 34.2% of residents are 65 or older and 12.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Sanyoonoda?
- Three: Shimonoseki City (下関市), Ube City (宇部市), and Mine City (美祢市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Sanyoonoda in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Sanyoonoda written in Japanese?
- 山陽小野田市, read Sanyoonoda-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 Sanyoonoda begin?
- 山口県山陽小野田市… (Yamaguchi-ken, Sanyoonoda-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.