Kasuga春日市

Kasuga-shi. The name ends in (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.

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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.