Kasuga春日市
Kasuga-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kasuga (春日市, Kasuga-shi) is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 111,023 (2020 census), area 14.15 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Fukuoka Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 春日市
- Reading
- Kasuga-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukuoka 福岡県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 111,023 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.3% from 110,743
- Area
- 14.15 km²
- Density
- 7,846 people per km²
- Households
- 46,442
- Under 15
- 15.2%
- 65 and over
- 22.4%
- Foreign residents
- 862 (0.8%)
- Code
- 40218 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kasuga.fukuoka.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Kasuga. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kasuga
- Is Kasuga a city or a prefecture?
- Kasuga (春日市) is a city (市, shi) in Fukuoka Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Kasuga?
- Kasuga is in Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県), in the Kyūshū-Okinawa region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Kasuga?
- 111,023 at the 2020 census, up 0.3% from 110,743 in 2015. The area is 14.15 km², which is 7,846 people per km². 46,442 households. 22.4% of residents are 65 or older and 15.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kasuga?
- Four: Hakata Ward (博多区) of Fukuoka, Minami Ward (南区) of Fukuoka, Onojo City (大野城市), and Nakagawa City (那珂川市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kasuga in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kasuga written in Japanese?
- 春日市, read Kasuga-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 Kasuga begin?
- 福岡県春日市… (Fukuoka-ken, Kasuga-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.