Koga古賀市
Koga-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Koga (古賀市, Koga-shi) is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 58,786 (2020 census), area 42.07 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
- 古賀市
- Reading
- Koga-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukuoka 福岡県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 58,786 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +1.4% from 57,959
- Area
- 42.07 km²
- Density
- 1,397 people per km²
- Households
- 23,618
- Under 15
- 14.2%
- 65 and over
- 27.7%
- Foreign residents
- 797 (1.4%)
- Code
- 40223 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.koga.fukuoka.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Koga. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Koga
- Is Koga a city or a prefecture?
- Koga (古賀市) 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 Koga?
- Koga 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 Koga?
- 58,786 at the 2020 census, up 1.4% from 57,959 in 2015. The area is 42.07 km², which is 1,397 people per km². 23,618 households. 27.7% of residents are 65 or older and 14.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Koga?
- Four: Fukutsu City (福津市), Miyawaka City (宮若市), Shingu Town (新宮町), and Hisayama Town (久山町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Koga in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Koga written in Japanese?
- 古賀市, read Koga-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 Koga begin?
- 福岡県古賀市… (Fukuoka-ken, Koga-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.