Yotsukaido四街道市

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

Yotsukaido (四街道市, Yotsukaido-shi) is a city in Chiba Prefecture. Population 93,576 (2020 census), area 34.52 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.

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Facts

Japanese name

四街道市

Reading

Yotsukaido-shi

Kind

City (市): a local government

Prefecture

Chiba 千葉県

Region

Kantō 関東

Population

93,576 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+4.9% from 89,245

Area

34.52 km²

Density

2,711 people per km²

Households

38,456

Under 15

13.3%

65 and over

29.3%

Foreign residents

2,354 (2.5%)

Code

12228 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.yotsukaido.chiba.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

4 places share a land border with Yotsukaido. Borders across water are not counted.

• Hanamigawa Ward花見川区(Chiba)
• Inage Ward稲毛区(Chiba)
• Wakaba Ward若葉区(Chiba)
• Sakura City佐倉市

Questions about Yotsukaido

Is Yotsukaido a city or a prefecture?

Yotsukaido (四街道市) 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 Yotsukaido?

Yotsukaido 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 Yotsukaido?

93,576 at the 2020 census, up 4.9% from 89,245 in 2015. The area is 34.52 km², which is 2,711 people per km². 38,456 households. 29.3% of residents are 65 or older and 13.3% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Yotsukaido?

Four: Hanamigawa Ward (花見川区) of Chiba, Inage Ward (稲毛区) of Chiba, Wakaba Ward (若葉区) of Chiba, and Sakura City (佐倉市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yotsukaido in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Yotsukaido written in Japanese?

四街道市, read Yotsukaido-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 Yotsukaido begin?

千葉県四街道市… (Chiba-ken, Yotsukaido-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.