Chitose千歳市
Chitose-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Chitose (千歳市, Chitose-shi) is a city in Hokkaidō Prefecture. Population 97,950 (2020 census), area 594.5 km². Borders 8 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Hokkaidō Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 千歳市
- Reading
- Chitose-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Region
- Hokkaidō 北海道
- Population
- 97,950 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +2.4% from 95,648
- Area
- 594.5 km²
- Density
- 165 people per km²
- Households
- 43,809
- Under 15
- 13.3%
- 65 and over
- 23.2%
- Foreign residents
- 704 (0.7%)
- Code
- 01224 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.chitose.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
8 places share a land border with Chitose. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Chitose
- Is Chitose a city or a prefecture?
- Chitose (千歳市) is a city (市, shi) in Hokkaidō Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Chitose?
- Chitose is in Hokkaidō Prefecture (北海道), in the Hokkaidō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Chitose?
- 97,950 at the 2020 census, up 2.4% from 95,648 in 2015. The area is 594.5 km², which is 165 people per km². 43,809 households. 23.2% of residents are 65 or older and 13.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Chitose?
- Eight: Minami Ward (南区) of Sapporo, Tomakomai City (苫小牧市), Eniwa City (恵庭市), Date City (伊達市), Yuni Town (由仁町), Naganuma Town (長沼町), Shiraoi Town (白老町), and Abira Town (安平町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Chitose in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Chitose written in Japanese?
- 千歳市, read Chitose-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 Chitose begin?
- 北海道千歳市… (Hokkaidō, Chitose-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.