Tateyama館山市

Tateyama-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.

Tateyama (館山市, Tateyama-shi) is a city in Chiba Prefecture. Population 45,153 (2020 census), area 110.05 km². Borders 1 place.

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

館山市

Reading

Tateyama-shi

Kind

City (市): a local government

Prefecture

Chiba 千葉県

Region

Kantō 関東

Population

45,153 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-4.9% from 47,464

Area

110.05 km²

Density

410 people per km²

Households

20,272

Under 15

9.4%

65 and over

40.9%

Foreign residents

354 (0.8%)

Code

12205 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.tateyama.chiba.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

One place shares a land border with Tateyama. Borders across water are not counted.

• Minamiboso City南房総市

Questions about Tateyama

Is Tateyama a city or a prefecture?

Tateyama (館山市) 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 Tateyama?

Tateyama 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 Tateyama?

45,153 at the 2020 census, down 4.9% from 47,464 in 2015. The area is 110.05 km², which is 410 people per km². 20,272 households. 40.9% of residents are 65 or older and 9.4% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Tateyama?

One: Minamiboso City (南房総市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tateyama in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Tateyama written in Japanese?

館山市, read Tateyama-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 Tateyama begin?

千葉県館山市… (Chiba-ken, Tateyama-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.