Yanai柳井市
Yanai-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Yanai (柳井市, Yanai-shi) is a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Population 30,799 (2020 census), area 140.05 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
- 柳井市
- Reading
- Yanai-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Yamaguchi 山口県
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Population
- 30,799 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.5% from 32,945
- Area
- 140.05 km²
- Density
- 220 people per km²
- Households
- 13,932
- Under 15
- 10.5%
- 65 and over
- 39.2%
- Foreign residents
- 174 (0.6%)
- Code
- 35212 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city-yanai.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Yanai. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Yanai
- Is Yanai a city or a prefecture?
- Yanai (柳井市) 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 Yanai?
- Yanai 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 Yanai?
- 30,799 at the 2020 census, down 6.5% from 32,945 in 2015. The area is 140.05 km², which is 220 people per km². 13,932 households. 39.2% of residents are 65 or older and 10.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Yanai?
- Five: Iwakuni City (岩国市), Hikari City (光市), Kaminoseki Town (上関町), Tabuse Town (田布施町), and Hirao Town (平生町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yanai in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Yanai written in Japanese?
- 柳井市, read Yanai-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 Yanai begin?
- 山口県柳井市… (Yamaguchi-ken, Yanai-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.