Bando坂東市
Bando-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Bando (坂東市, Bando-shi) is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture. Population 52,265 (2020 census), area 123.03 km². Borders 5 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Ibaraki Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 坂東市
- Reading
- Bando-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ibaraki 茨城県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 52,265 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -3.4% from 54,087
- Area
- 123.03 km²
- Density
- 425 people per km²
- Households
- 18,452
- Under 15
- 11.3%
- 65 and over
- 30.3%
- Foreign residents
- 2,436 (4.7%)
- Code
- 08228 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.bando.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Bando. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Bando
- Is Bando a city or a prefecture?
- Bando (坂東市) is a city (市, shi) in Ibaraki Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Bando?
- Bando is in Ibaraki Prefecture (茨城県), 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 Bando?
- 52,265 at the 2020 census, down 3.4% from 54,087 in 2015. The area is 123.03 km², which is 425 people per km². 18,452 households. 30.3% of residents are 65 or older and 11.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Bando?
- Five: Koga City (古河市), Joso City (常総市), Yachiyo Town (八千代町), Sakai Town (境町), and Noda City (野田市) in Chiba. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Bando in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Bando written in Japanese?
- 坂東市, read Bando-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 Bando begin?
- 茨城県坂東市… (Ibaraki-ken, Bando-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.