Minamiarupusu南アルプス市
Minamiarupusu-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Minamiarupusu (南アルプス市, Minamiarupusu-shi) is a city in Yamanashi Prefecture. Population 69,459 (2020 census), area 264.14 km². Borders 10 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
- 南アルプス市
- Reading
- Minamiarupusu-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Yamanashi 山梨県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 69,459 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -1.9% from 70,828
- Area
- 264.14 km²
- Density
- 263 people per km²
- Households
- 26,059
- Under 15
- 13.3%
- 65 and over
- 27.9%
- Foreign residents
- 1,008 (1.5%)
- Code
- 19208 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.minami-alps.yamanashi.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
10 places share a land border with Minamiarupusu. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Minamiarupusu
- Is Minamiarupusu a city or a prefecture?
- Minamiarupusu (南アルプス市) 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 Minamiarupusu?
- Minamiarupusu 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 Minamiarupusu?
- 69,459 at the 2020 census, down 1.9% from 70,828 in 2015. The area is 264.14 km², which is 263 people per km². 26,059 households. 27.9% of residents are 65 or older and 13.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Minamiarupusu?
- 10: Nirasaki City (韮崎市), Hokuto City (北杜市), Kai City (甲斐市), Chuo City (中央市), Ichikawamisato Municipality (市川三郷町), Hayakawa Town (早川町), Fujikawa Town (富士川町), Showa Town (昭和町), Ina City (伊那市) in Nagano, and Aoi Ward (葵区) of Shizuoka in Shizuoka. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Minamiarupusu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Minamiarupusu written in Japanese?
- 南アルプス市, read Minamiarupusu-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 Minamiarupusu begin?
- 山梨県南アルプス市… (Yamanashi-ken, Minamiarupusu-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.