Nakagawa那珂川市
Nakagawa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Nakagawa (那珂川市, Nakagawa-shi) is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 50,112 (2020 census), area 74.95 km². Borders 9 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
- 那珂川市
- Reading
- Nakagawa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukuoka 福岡県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 50,112 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.2% from 50,004
- Area
- 74.95 km²
- Density
- 669 people per km²
- Households
- 19,078
- Under 15
- 16.3%
- 65 and over
- 23.5%
- Foreign residents
- 293 (0.6%)
- Code
- 40231 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.nakagawa.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Nakagawa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Nakagawa
- Is Nakagawa a city or a prefecture?
- Nakagawa (那珂川市) 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 Nakagawa?
- Nakagawa 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 Nakagawa?
- 50,112 at the 2020 census, up 0.2% from 50,004 in 2015. The area is 74.95 km², which is 669 people per km². 19,078 households. 23.5% of residents are 65 or older and 16.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Nakagawa?
- Nine: Minami Ward (南区) of Fukuoka, Sawara Ward (早良区) of Fukuoka, Chikushino City (筑紫野市), Kasuga City (春日市), Onojo City (大野城市), Tosu City (鳥栖市) in Saga, Yoshinogari Town (吉野ヶ里町) in Saga, Kamimine Town (上峰町) in Saga, and Miyaki Town (みやき町) in Saga. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Nakagawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Nakagawa written in Japanese?
- 那珂川市, read Nakagawa-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 Nakagawa begin?
- 福岡県那珂川市… (Fukuoka-ken, Nakagawa-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.