Kamisu神栖市
Kamisu-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kamisu (神栖市, Kamisu-shi) is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture. Population 95,454 (2020 census), area 146.97 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
- 神栖市
- Reading
- Kamisu-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ibaraki 茨城県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 95,454 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +1.0% from 94,522
- Area
- 146.97 km²
- Density
- 649 people per km²
- Households
- 40,487
- Under 15
- 13.2%
- 65 and over
- 23.4%
- Foreign residents
- 2,696 (2.8%)
- Code
- 08232 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kamisu.ibaraki.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
5 places share a land border with Kamisu. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kamisu
- Is Kamisu a city or a prefecture?
- Kamisu (神栖市) 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 Kamisu?
- Kamisu 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 Kamisu?
- 95,454 at the 2020 census, up 1.0% from 94,522 in 2015. The area is 146.97 km², which is 649 people per km². 40,487 households. 23.4% of residents are 65 or older and 13.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kamisu?
- Five: Kashima City (鹿嶋市), Itako City (潮来市), Choshi City (銚子市) in Chiba, Katori City (香取市) in Chiba, and Tonosho Town (東庄町) in Chiba. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kamisu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kamisu written in Japanese?
- 神栖市, read Kamisu-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 Kamisu begin?
- 茨城県神栖市… (Ibaraki-ken, Kamisu-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.