Kawara香春町

Kawara-machi. The name ends in 町 (machi), the word for town.

Kawara (香春町, Kawara-machi) is a town in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 10,191 (2020 census), area 44.5 km². Borders 6 places.

A town (町 / chō or machi) in Tagawa District, Fukuoka Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan. The district in its address groups towns and villages; it is not a government.

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Facts

Japanese name

香春町

Reading

Kawara-machi

Kind

Town (町): a local government

District (郡)

Tagawa District 田川郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Fukuoka 福岡県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

10,191 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-6.2% from 10,861

Area

44.5 km²

Density

229 people per km²

Households

4,337

Under 15

11.1%

65 and over

41.7%

Foreign residents

49 (0.5%)

Code

40601 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.town.kawara.fukuoka.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

6 places share a land border with Kawara. Borders across water are not counted.

• Kokuraminami Ward小倉南区(Kitakyushu)
• Tagawa City田川市
• Oto Town大任町
• Aka Village赤村
• Fukuchi Town福智町
• Miyako Townみやこ町

Questions about Kawara

Is Kawara a city, a town, or a village?

Kawara (香春町) is a town (町, machi) in Fukuoka Prefecture. A town is a municipality on the same tier as a city, with its own mayor and assembly. The difference is size: a municipality generally needs 50,000 residents to become a city. Its address puts it in Tagawa District (田川郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Kawara?

Kawara 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 Kawara?

10,191 at the 2020 census, down 6.2% from 10,861 in 2015. The area is 44.5 km², which is 229 people per km². 4,337 households. 41.7% of residents are 65 or older and 11.1% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Kawara?

Six: Kokuraminami Ward (小倉南区) of Kitakyushu, Tagawa City (田川市), Oto Town (大任町), Aka Village (赤村), Fukuchi Town (福智町), and Miyako Town (みやこ町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kawara in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Kawara written in Japanese?

香春町, read Kawara-machi. The last character, 町 (machi), is the word for town, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Kawara begin?

福岡県田川郡香春町… (Fukuoka-ken, Tagawa-gun, Kawara-machi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the town name. The district name is written but the district is not a government. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.