Fujiyoshida富士吉田市
Fujiyoshida-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Fujiyoshida (富士吉田市, Fujiyoshida-shi) is a city in Yamanashi Prefecture. Population 46,530 (2020 census), area 121.74 km². Borders 7 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Yamanashi Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 富士吉田市
- Reading
- Fujiyoshida-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Yamanashi 山梨県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 46,530 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.0% from 49,003
- Area
- 121.74 km²
- Density
- 382 people per km²
- Households
- 18,337
- Under 15
- 11.0%
- 65 and over
- 30.8%
- Foreign residents
- 504 (1.1%)
- Code
- 19202 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- en.city.fujiyoshida.yamanashi.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Fujiyoshida. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Fujiyoshida
- Is Fujiyoshida a city or a prefecture?
- Fujiyoshida (富士吉田市) is a city (市, shi) in Yamanashi Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Fujiyoshida?
- Fujiyoshida is in Yamanashi Prefecture (山梨県), in the Chūbu region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Fujiyoshida?
- 46,530 at the 2020 census, down 5.0% from 49,003 in 2015. The area is 121.74 km², which is 382 people per km². 18,337 households. 30.8% of residents are 65 or older and 11.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Fujiyoshida?
- Seven: Tsuru City (都留市), Nishikatsura Town (西桂町), Oshino Village (忍野村), Yamanakako Village (山中湖村), Narusawa Village (鳴沢村), Fujikawaguchiko Town (富士河口湖町), and Oyama Town (小山町) in Shizuoka. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Fujiyoshida in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Fujiyoshida written in Japanese?
- 富士吉田市, read Fujiyoshida-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 Fujiyoshida begin?
- 山梨県富士吉田市… (Yamanashi-ken, Fujiyoshida-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.