Chita知多市
Chita-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Chita (知多市, Chita-shi) is a city in Aichi Prefecture. Population 84,364 (2020 census), area 45.9 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Aichi Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 知多市
- Reading
- Chita-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Aichi 愛知県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 84,364 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -0.3% from 84,617
- Area
- 45.9 km²
- Density
- 1,838 people per km²
- Households
- 34,025
- Under 15
- 13.0%
- 65 and over
- 28.0%
- Foreign residents
- 2,121 (2.5%)
- Code
- 23224 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.chita.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Chita. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Chita
- Is Chita a city or a prefecture?
- Chita (知多市) is a city (市, shi) in Aichi Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Chita?
- Chita is in Aichi Prefecture (愛知県), 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 Chita?
- 84,364 at the 2020 census, down 0.3% from 84,617 in 2015. The area is 45.9 km², which is 1,838 people per km². 34,025 households. 28.0% of residents are 65 or older and 13.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Chita?
- Four: Tokoname City (常滑市), Tokai City (東海市), Agui Town (阿久比町), and Higashiura Town (東浦町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Chita in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Chita written in Japanese?
- 知多市, read Chita-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 Chita begin?
- 愛知県知多市… (Aichi-ken, Chita-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.