Nakama中間市
Nakama-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Nakama (中間市, Nakama-shi) is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 40,362 (2020 census), area 15.96 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
- 中間市
- Reading
- Nakama-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukuoka 福岡県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 40,362 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.4% from 41,796
- Area
- 15.96 km²
- Density
- 2,529 people per km²
- Households
- 17,369
- Under 15
- 10.9%
- 65 and over
- 37.7%
- Foreign residents
- 348 (0.9%)
- Code
- 40215 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.nakama.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Nakama. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Nakama
- Is Nakama a city or a prefecture?
- Nakama (中間市) 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 Nakama?
- Nakama 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 Nakama?
- 40,362 at the 2020 census, down 3.4% from 41,796 in 2015. The area is 15.96 km², which is 2,529 people per km². 17,369 households. 37.7% of residents are 65 or older and 10.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Nakama?
- Four: Yahatanishi Ward (八幡西区) of Kitakyushu, Mizumaki Town (水巻町), Onga Town (遠賀町), and Kurate Town (鞍手町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Nakama in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Nakama written in Japanese?
- 中間市, read Nakama-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 Nakama begin?
- 福岡県中間市… (Fukuoka-ken, Nakama-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.