Nakatsugawa中津川市
Nakatsugawa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Nakatsugawa (中津川市, Nakatsugawa-shi) is a city in Gifu Prefecture. Population 76,570 (2020 census), area 676.45 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
- 中津川市
- Reading
- Nakatsugawa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Gifu 岐阜県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 76,570 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.9% from 78,883
- Area
- 676.45 km²
- Density
- 113 people per km²
- Households
- 29,690
- Under 15
- 11.9%
- 65 and over
- 32.8%
- Foreign residents
- 1,907 (2.5%)
- Code
- 21206 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.nakatsugawa.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Nakatsugawa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Nakatsugawa
- Is Nakatsugawa a city or a prefecture?
- Nakatsugawa (中津川市) 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 Nakatsugawa?
- Nakatsugawa 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 Nakatsugawa?
- 76,570 at the 2020 census, down 2.9% from 78,883 in 2015. The area is 676.45 km², which is 113 people per km². 29,690 households. 32.8% of residents are 65 or older and 11.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Nakatsugawa?
- Nine: Achi Village (阿智村) in Nagano, Hiraya Village (平谷村) in Nagano, Nagiso Town (南木曽町) in Nagano, Otaki Village (王滝村) in Nagano, Okuwa Village (大桑村) in Nagano, Ena City (恵那市), Gero City (下呂市), Shirakawa Town (白川町), and Higashishirakawa Village (東白川村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Nakatsugawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Nakatsugawa written in Japanese?
- 中津川市, read Nakatsugawa-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 Nakatsugawa begin?
- 岐阜県中津川市… (Gifu-ken, Nakatsugawa-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.