Kamagaya鎌ケ谷市
Kamagaya-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kamagaya (鎌ケ谷市, Kamagaya-shi) is a city in Chiba Prefecture. Population 109,932 (2020 census), area 21.08 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
- 鎌ケ谷市
- Reading
- Kamagaya-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Chiba 千葉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 109,932 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.9% from 108,917
- Area
- 21.08 km²
- Density
- 5,215 people per km²
- Households
- 47,146
- Under 15
- 11.4%
- 65 and over
- 29.4%
- Foreign residents
- 1,683 (1.5%)
- Code
- 12224 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kamagaya.chiba.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Kamagaya. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kamagaya
- Is Kamagaya a city or a prefecture?
- Kamagaya (鎌ケ谷市) 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 Kamagaya?
- Kamagaya 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 Kamagaya?
- 109,932 at the 2020 census, up 0.9% from 108,917 in 2015. The area is 21.08 km², which is 5,215 people per km². 47,146 households. 29.4% of residents are 65 or older and 11.4% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kamagaya?
- Five: Ichikawa City (市川市), Funabashi City (船橋市), Matsudo City (松戸市), Kashiwa City (柏市), and Shiroi City (白井市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kamagaya in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kamagaya written in Japanese?
- 鎌ケ谷市, read Kamagaya-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 Kamagaya begin?
- 千葉県鎌ケ谷市… (Chiba-ken, Kamagaya-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.