Kakamigahara各務原市
Kakamigahara-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kakamigahara (各務原市, Kakamigahara-shi) is a city in Gifu Prefecture. Population 144,521 (2020 census), area 87.81 km². Borders 9 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Gifu Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 各務原市
- Reading
- Kakamigahara-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Gifu 岐阜県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 144,521 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -0.1% from 144,690
- Area
- 87.81 km²
- Density
- 1,646 people per km²
- Households
- 57,129
- Under 15
- 13.1%
- 65 and over
- 28.6%
- Foreign residents
- 3,200 (2.2%)
- Code
- 21213 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kakamigahara.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Kakamigahara. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kakamigahara
- Is Kakamigahara a city or a prefecture?
- Kakamigahara (各務原市) is a city (市, shi) in Gifu Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Kakamigahara?
- Kakamigahara is in Gifu Prefecture (岐阜県), in the Chūbu region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Kakamigahara?
- 144,521 at the 2020 census, down 0.1% from 144,690 in 2015. The area is 87.81 km², which is 1,646 people per km². 57,129 households. 28.6% of residents are 65 or older and 13.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kakamigahara?
- Nine: Gifu City (岐阜市), Seki City (関市), Ginan Town (岐南町), Kasamatsu Town (笠松町), Sakahogi Town (坂祝町), Ichinomiya City (一宮市) in Aichi, Inuyama City (犬山市) in Aichi, Konan City (江南市) in Aichi, and Fuso Town (扶桑町) in Aichi. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kakamigahara in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kakamigahara written in Japanese?
- 各務原市, read Kakamigahara-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 Kakamigahara begin?
- 岐阜県各務原市… (Gifu-ken, Kakamigahara-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.