Kasai加西市
Kasai-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kasai (加西市, Kasai-shi) is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture. Population 42,700 (2020 census), area 150.98 km². Borders 8 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Hyōgo Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 加西市
- Reading
- Kasai-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Hyōgo 兵庫県
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 42,700 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.6% from 44,313
- Area
- 150.98 km²
- Density
- 283 people per km²
- Households
- 16,245
- Under 15
- 10.8%
- 65 and over
- 33.7%
- Foreign residents
- 1,272 (3.0%)
- Code
- 28220 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kasai.hyogo.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
8 places share a land border with Kasai. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kasai
- Is Kasai a city or a prefecture?
- Kasai (加西市) is a city (市, shi) in Hyōgo Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Kasai?
- Kasai is in Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県), in the Kansai region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Kasai?
- 42,700 at the 2020 census, down 3.6% from 44,313 in 2015. The area is 150.98 km², which is 283 people per km². 16,245 households. 33.7% of residents are 65 or older and 10.8% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kasai?
- Eight: Himeji City (姫路市), Kakogawa City (加古川市), Nishiwaki City (西脇市), Ono City (小野市), Kato City (加東市), Taka Town (多可町), Ichikawa Town (市川町), and Fukusaki Town (福崎町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kasai in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kasai written in Japanese?
- 加西市, read Kasai-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 Kasai begin?
- 兵庫県加西市… (Hyōgo-ken, Kasai-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.