Kamogawa鴨川市
Kamogawa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kamogawa (鴨川市, Kamogawa-shi) is a city in Chiba Prefecture. Population 32,116 (2020 census), area 191.14 km². Borders 6 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
- 鴨川市
- Reading
- Kamogawa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Chiba 千葉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 32,116 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.4% from 33,932
- Area
- 191.14 km²
- Density
- 168 people per km²
- Households
- 14,578
- Under 15
- 9.3%
- 65 and over
- 38.9%
- Foreign residents
- 537 (1.7%)
- Code
- 12223 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kamogawa.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Kamogawa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kamogawa
- Is Kamogawa a city or a prefecture?
- Kamogawa (鴨川市) 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 Kamogawa?
- Kamogawa 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 Kamogawa?
- 32,116 at the 2020 census, down 5.4% from 33,932 in 2015. The area is 191.14 km², which is 168 people per km². 14,578 households. 38.9% of residents are 65 or older and 9.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kamogawa?
- Six: Katsura City (勝浦市), Kimitsu City (君津市), Futtsu City (富津市), Minamiboso City (南房総市), Otaki Town (大多喜町), and Kyonan Town (鋸南町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kamogawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kamogawa written in Japanese?
- 鴨川市, read Kamogawa-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 Kamogawa begin?
- 千葉県鴨川市… (Chiba-ken, Kamogawa-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.