Kariya刈谷市
Kariya-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kariya (刈谷市, Kariya-shi) is a city in Aichi Prefecture. Population 153,834 (2020 census), area 50.39 km². Borders 9 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
- 刈谷市
- Reading
- Kariya-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Aichi 愛知県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 153,834 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +2.7% from 149,765
- Area
- 50.39 km²
- Density
- 3,053 people per km²
- Households
- 67,708
- Under 15
- 13.9%
- 65 and over
- 20.6%
- Foreign residents
- 5,126 (3.3%)
- Code
- 23210 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kariya.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Kariya. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kariya
- Is Kariya a city or a prefecture?
- Kariya (刈谷市) 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 Kariya?
- Kariya 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 Kariya?
- 153,834 at the 2020 census, up 2.7% from 149,765 in 2015. The area is 50.39 km², which is 3,053 people per km². 67,708 households. 20.6% of residents are 65 or older and 13.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kariya?
- Nine: Toyota City (豊田市), Anjo City (安城市), Obu City (大府市), Chiryu City (知立市), Takahama City (高浜市), Toyoake City (豊明市), Miyoshi City (みよし市), Togo Town (東郷町), and Higashiura Town (東浦町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kariya in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kariya written in Japanese?
- 刈谷市, read Kariya-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 Kariya begin?
- 愛知県刈谷市… (Aichi-ken, Kariya-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.