Hokota鉾田市
Hokota-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Hokota (鉾田市, Hokota-shi) is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture. Population 45,953 (2020 census), area 207.6 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
- 鉾田市
- Reading
- Hokota-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ibaraki 茨城県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 45,953 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -4.6% from 48,147
- Area
- 207.6 km²
- Density
- 221 people per km²
- Households
- 17,919
- Under 15
- 10.1%
- 65 and over
- 34.1%
- Foreign residents
- 2,557 (5.6%)
- Code
- 08234 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.hokota.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Hokota. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Hokota
- Is Hokota a city or a prefecture?
- Hokota (鉾田市) 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 Hokota?
- Hokota 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 Hokota?
- 45,953 at the 2020 census, down 4.6% from 48,147 in 2015. The area is 207.6 km², which is 221 people per km². 17,919 households. 34.1% of residents are 65 or older and 10.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Hokota?
- Five: Kashima City (鹿嶋市), Namegata City (行方市), Omitama City (小美玉市), Ibaraki Town (茨城町), and Oarai Town (大洗町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Hokota in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Hokota written in Japanese?
- 鉾田市, read Hokota-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 Hokota begin?
- 茨城県鉾田市… (Ibaraki-ken, Hokota-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.