Narashino習志野市
Narashino-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Narashino (習志野市, Narashino-shi) is a city in Chiba Prefecture. Population 176,197 (2020 census), area 20.97 km². Borders 4 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
- 習志野市
- Reading
- Narashino-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Chiba 千葉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 176,197 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +4.9% from 167,909
- Area
- 20.97 km²
- Density
- 8,402 people per km²
- Households
- 79,423
- Under 15
- 12.6%
- 65 and over
- 23.3%
- Foreign residents
- 4,488 (2.5%)
- Code
- 12216 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.narashino.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Narashino. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Narashino
- Is Narashino a city or a prefecture?
- Narashino (習志野市) 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 Narashino?
- Narashino 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 Narashino?
- 176,197 at the 2020 census, up 4.9% from 167,909 in 2015. The area is 20.97 km², which is 8,402 people per km². 79,423 households. 23.3% of residents are 65 or older and 12.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Narashino?
- Four: Hanamigawa Ward (花見川区) of Chiba, Mihama Ward (美浜区) of Chiba, Funabashi City (船橋市), and Yachiyo City (八千代市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Narashino in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Narashino written in Japanese?
- 習志野市, read Narashino-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 Narashino begin?
- 千葉県習志野市… (Chiba-ken, Narashino-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.