Nagareyama流山市
Nagareyama-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Nagareyama (流山市, Nagareyama-shi) is a city in Chiba Prefecture. Population 199,849 (2020 census), area 35.32 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
- 流山市
- Reading
- Nagareyama-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Chiba 千葉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 199,849 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +14.6% from 174,373
- Area
- 35.32 km²
- Density
- 5,658 people per km²
- Households
- 83,115
- Under 15
- 15.7%
- 65 and over
- 23.7%
- Foreign residents
- 3,139 (1.6%)
- Code
- 12220 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.nagareyama.chiba.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Nagareyama. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Nagareyama
- Is Nagareyama a city or a prefecture?
- Nagareyama (流山市) 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 Nagareyama?
- Nagareyama 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 Nagareyama?
- 199,849 at the 2020 census, up 14.6% from 174,373 in 2015. The area is 35.32 km², which is 5,658 people per km². 83,115 households. 23.7% of residents are 65 or older and 15.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Nagareyama?
- Five: Misato City (三郷市) in Saitama, Yoshikawa City (吉川市) in Saitama, Matsudo City (松戸市), Noda City (野田市), and Kashiwa City (柏市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Nagareyama in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Nagareyama written in Japanese?
- 流山市, read Nagareyama-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 Nagareyama begin?
- 千葉県流山市… (Chiba-ken, Nagareyama-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.