Chiba千葉市

Chiba-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.

Chiba (千葉市, Chiba-shi) is a city and a designated city with 6 wards in Chiba Prefecture. Population 974,951 (2020 census), area 271.78 km². Borders 9 places.

An ordinance-designated city (政令指定都市 / seirei shitei toshi). Designated status lets a city take over services a prefecture would normally provide, and requires it to be divided into administrative wards. The wards are offices of the city, not governments of their own.

The city is one municipality. Its wards are internal divisions: voters in every ward elect the same mayor.

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Facts

Japanese name

千葉市

Reading

Chiba-shi

Kind

City (市), designated city (政令指定都市): a local government

Prefecture

Chiba 千葉県

Region

Kantō 関東

Population

974,951 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+0.3% from 971,882

Area

271.78 km²

Density

3,587 people per km²

Households

447,982

Under 15

11.4%

65 and over

26.8%

Foreign residents

28,382 (2.9%)

Code

12100 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.chiba.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

The 6 wards of Chiba行政区

Chiba is a designated city, so it is divided into wards. Each ward has an office for counter services, and none has a mayor or an assembly. Voters in every ward elect the same city mayor.

Neighbouring municipalities

9 places share a land border with Chiba, counted through its wards. Borders across water are not counted.

• Mobara City茂原市
• Sakura City佐倉市
• Togane City東金市
• Narashino City習志野市
• Ichihara City市原市
• Yachiyo City八千代市
• Yotsukaido City四街道市
• Yachimata City八街市
• Oamishirasato City大網白里市

Questions about Chiba

Is Chiba a city or a prefecture?

Chiba (千葉市) is a city (市, shi) in Chiba Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly. It is a designated city, divided into 6 wards. The wards are offices of the city, not governments. Chiba Prefecture (千葉県) is the larger unit around it. On its own, the name usually means the city.

Where is Chiba?

Chiba is in Chiba Prefecture (千葉県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Chiba?

974,951 at the 2020 census, up 0.3% from 971,882 in 2015. The area is 271.78 km², which is 3,587 people per km². 447,982 households. 26.8% of residents are 65 or older and 11.4% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Chiba?

Nine: Mobara City (茂原市), Sakura City (佐倉市), Togane City (東金市), Narashino City (習志野市), Ichihara City (市原市), Yachiyo City (八千代市), Yotsukaido City (四街道市), Yachimata City (八街市), and Oamishirasato City (大網白里市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Chiba in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Chiba written in Japanese?

千葉市, read Chiba-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 Chiba begin?

千葉県千葉市… (Chiba-ken, Chiba-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. Then the name of one of the 6 wards. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.