Numata沼田市
Numata-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Numata (沼田市, Numata-shi) is a city in Gunma Prefecture. Population 45,337 (2020 census), area 443.46 km². Borders 10 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Gunma Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 沼田市
- Reading
- Numata-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Gunma 群馬県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 45,337 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.9% from 48,676
- Area
- 443.46 km²
- Density
- 102 people per km²
- Households
- 18,853
- Under 15
- 10.6%
- 65 and over
- 34.3%
- Foreign residents
- 584 (1.3%)
- Code
- 10206 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.numata.gunma.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
10 places share a land border with Numata. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Numata
- Is Numata a city or a prefecture?
- Numata (沼田市) is a city (市, shi) in Gunma Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Numata?
- Numata is in Gunma Prefecture (群馬県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Numata?
- 45,337 at the 2020 census, down 6.9% from 48,676 in 2015. The area is 443.46 km², which is 102 people per km². 18,853 households. 34.3% of residents are 65 or older and 10.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Numata?
- 10: Nikko City (日光市) in Tochigi, Maebashi City (前橋市), Kiryu City (桐生市), Shibukawa City (渋川市), Midori City (みどり市), Takayama Village (高山村), Katashina Village (片品村), Kawaba Village (川場村), Showa Village (昭和村), and Minakami Town (みなかみ町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Numata in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Numata written in Japanese?
- 沼田市, read Numata-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 Numata begin?
- 群馬県沼田市… (Gunma-ken, Numata-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.