Uenohara上野原市
Uenohara-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Uenohara (上野原市, Uenohara-shi) is a city in Yamanashi Prefecture. Population 22,669 (2020 census), area 170.57 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
- 上野原市
- Reading
- Uenohara-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Yamanashi 山梨県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 22,669 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -8.6% from 24,805
- Area
- 170.57 km²
- Density
- 133 people per km²
- Households
- 9,509
- Under 15
- 8.1%
- 65 and over
- 36.5%
- Foreign residents
- 328 (1.4%)
- Code
- 19212 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.uenohara.yamanashi.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Uenohara. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Uenohara
- Is Uenohara a city or a prefecture?
- Uenohara (上野原市) 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 Uenohara?
- Uenohara 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 Uenohara?
- 22,669 at the 2020 census, down 8.6% from 24,805 in 2015. The area is 170.57 km², which is 133 people per km². 9,509 households. 36.5% of residents are 65 or older and 8.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Uenohara?
- Seven: Hinohara Village (檜原村) in Tokyo, Okutama Town (奥多摩町) in Tokyo, Midori Ward (緑区) of Sagamihara in Kanagawa, Tsuru City (都留市), Otsuki City (大月市), Doshi Village (道志村), and Kosuge Village (小菅村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Uenohara in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Uenohara written in Japanese?
- 上野原市, read Uenohara-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 Uenohara begin?
- 山梨県上野原市… (Yamanashi-ken, Uenohara-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.