Tatebayashi館林市

Tatebayashi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.

Tatebayashi (館林市, Tatebayashi-shi) is a city in Gunma Prefecture. Population 75,309 (2020 census), area 60.97 km². Borders 6 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.

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Facts

Japanese name

館林市

Reading

Tatebayashi-shi

Kind

City (市): a local government

Prefecture

Gunma 群馬県

Region

Kantō 関東

Population

75,309 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-1.8% from 76,667

Area

60.97 km²

Density

1,235 people per km²

Households

31,643

Under 15

11.3%

65 and over

29.4%

Foreign residents

2,636 (3.5%)

Code

10207 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.tatebayashi.gunma.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

6 places share a land border with Tatebayashi. Borders across water are not counted.

• Ashikaga City足利市(Tochigi)
• Sano City佐野市(Tochigi)
• Itakura Town板倉町
• Meiwa Town明和町
• Chiyoda Town千代田町
• Ora Town邑楽町

Questions about Tatebayashi

Is Tatebayashi a city or a prefecture?

Tatebayashi (館林市) 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 Tatebayashi?

Tatebayashi 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 Tatebayashi?

75,309 at the 2020 census, down 1.8% from 76,667 in 2015. The area is 60.97 km², which is 1,235 people per km². 31,643 households. 29.4% of residents are 65 or older and 11.3% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Tatebayashi?

Six: Ashikaga City (足利市) in Tochigi, Sano City (佐野市) in Tochigi, Itakura Town (板倉町), Meiwa Town (明和町), Chiyoda Town (千代田町), and Ora Town (邑楽町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Tatebayashi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Tatebayashi written in Japanese?

館林市, read Tatebayashi-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 Tatebayashi begin?

群馬県館林市… (Gunma-ken, Tatebayashi-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.