Mobara茂原市
Mobara-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Mobara (茂原市, Mobara-shi) is a city in Chiba Prefecture. Population 86,782 (2020 census), area 99.92 km². Borders 8 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
- 茂原市
- Reading
- Mobara-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Chiba 千葉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 86,782 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.2% from 89,688
- Area
- 99.92 km²
- Density
- 869 people per km²
- Households
- 37,120
- Under 15
- 10.0%
- 65 and over
- 33.6%
- Foreign residents
- 1,331 (1.5%)
- Code
- 12210 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.mobara.chiba.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
8 places share a land border with Mobara. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Mobara
- Is Mobara a city or a prefecture?
- Mobara (茂原市) 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 Mobara?
- Mobara 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 Mobara?
- 86,782 at the 2020 census, down 3.2% from 89,688 in 2015. The area is 99.92 km², which is 869 people per km². 37,120 households. 33.6% of residents are 65 or older and 10.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Mobara?
- Eight: Midori Ward (緑区) of Chiba, Ichihara City (市原市), Oamishirasato City (大網白里市), Mutsuzawa Town (睦沢町), Chosei Village (長生村), Shirako Town (白子町), Nagara Town (長柄町), and Chonan Town (長南町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Mobara in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Mobara written in Japanese?
- 茂原市, read Mobara-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 Mobara begin?
- 千葉県茂原市… (Chiba-ken, Mobara-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.