Chuo中央区

Chuo-ku. The name ends in 区 (ku), the word for ward.

Chuo (中央区, Chuo-ku) is a ward of Chiba, in Chiba Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 211,736 (2020 census), area 44.72 km². Borders 5 places.

An administrative ward of the city around it. Its ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly: the city's mayor and assembly govern it.

In an address this ward is in the same slot as a Tokyo special ward, which makes the two look equivalent. Only Tokyo's 23 wards are governments.

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Facts

Japanese name

中央区

Reading

Chuo-ku

Kind

Ward of a designated city (行政区): an office of the city, not a government

City

Chiba City 千葉市

Prefecture

Chiba 千葉県

Region

Kantō 関東

Population

211,736 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+3.2% from 205,227

Area

44.72 km²

Density

4,735 people per km²

Households

109,336

Under 15

10.5%

65 and over

23.9%

Foreign residents

6,614 (3.1%)

Code

12101 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.chiba.jp/chuo

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

5 places share a land border with Chuo, 4 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.

• Inage Ward稲毛区
• Wakaba Ward若葉区
• Midori Ward緑区
• Mihama Ward美浜区
• Ichihara City市原市

Questions about Chuo

Is Chuo a city?

Chuo (中央区) is a ward of Chiba (千葉市), a designated city. It is not a government. The ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly of its own: the city's mayor and assembly govern it. Tokyo's 23 special wards are written with the same character, 区, and those are governments.

Where is Chuo?

Chuo is inside Chiba (千葉市), 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 Chuo?

211,736 at the 2020 census, up 3.2% from 205,227 in 2015. The area is 44.72 km², which is 4,735 people per km². 109,336 households. 23.9% of residents are 65 or older and 10.5% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Chuo?

Five: Inage Ward (稲毛区), Wakaba Ward (若葉区), Midori Ward (緑区), Mihama Ward (美浜区), and Ichihara City (市原市). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Chuo in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Chuo written in Japanese?

中央区, read Chuo-ku. The last character, 区 (ku), is the word for ward, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Chuo begin?

千葉県千葉市中央区… (Chiba-ken, Chiba-shi, Chuo-ku, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name, then the ward name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.