Kamagaya鎌ケ谷市

Kamagaya-shi. The name ends in (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.

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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.