Kitakata喜多方市
Kitakata-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kitakata (喜多方市, Kitakata-shi) is a city in Fukushima Prefecture. Population 44,760 (2020 census), area 554.63 km². Borders 11 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Fukushima Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 喜多方市
- Reading
- Kitakata-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Fukushima 福島県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 44,760 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -9.4% from 49,377
- Area
- 554.63 km²
- Density
- 81 people per km²
- Households
- 16,049
- Under 15
- 11.0%
- 65 and over
- 36.8%
- Foreign residents
- 216 (0.5%)
- Code
- 07208 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kitakata.fukushima.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
11 places share a land border with Kitakata. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kitakata
- Is Kitakata a city or a prefecture?
- Kitakata (喜多方市) is a city (市, shi) in Fukushima Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Kitakata?
- Kitakata is in Fukushima Prefecture (福島県), in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Kitakata?
- 44,760 at the 2020 census, down 9.4% from 49,377 in 2015. The area is 554.63 km², which is 81 people per km². 16,049 households. 36.8% of residents are 65 or older and 11.0% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kitakata?
- 11: Yonezawa City (米沢市) in Yamagata, Oguni Town (小国町) in Yamagata, Iide Town (飯豊町) in Yamagata, Aizuwakamatsu City (会津若松市), Kitashiobara Village (北塩原村), Nishiaizu Town (西会津町), Bandai Town (磐梯町), Aizubange Town (会津坂下町), Yugawa Village (湯川村), Shibata City (新発田市) in Niigata, and Aga Town (阿賀町) in Niigata. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kitakata in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kitakata written in Japanese?
- 喜多方市, read Kitakata-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 Kitakata begin?
- 福島県喜多方市… (Fukushima-ken, Kitakata-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.