Funabashi船橋市
Funabashi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Funabashi (船橋市, Funabashi-shi) is a city in Chiba Prefecture. Population 642,907 (2020 census), area 85.62 km². Borders 5 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Chiba Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 船橋市
- Reading
- Funabashi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Chiba 千葉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 642,907 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +3.2% from 622,890
- Area
- 85.62 km²
- Density
- 7,509 people per km²
- Households
- 289,916
- Under 15
- 12.6%
- 65 and over
- 24.3%
- Foreign residents
- 19,078 (3.0%)
- Code
- 12204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.funabashi.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Funabashi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Funabashi
- Is Funabashi a city or a prefecture?
- Funabashi (船橋市) 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.
- Where is Funabashi?
- Funabashi 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 Funabashi?
- 642,907 at the 2020 census, up 3.2% from 622,890 in 2015. The area is 85.62 km², which is 7,509 people per km². 289,916 households. 24.3% of residents are 65 or older and 12.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Funabashi?
- Five: Ichikawa City (市川市), Narashino City (習志野市), Yachiyo City (八千代市), Kamagaya City (鎌ケ谷市), and Shiroi City (白井市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Funabashi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Funabashi written in Japanese?
- 船橋市, read Funabashi-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 Funabashi begin?
- 千葉県船橋市… (Chiba-ken, Funabashi-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.