Kashima鹿嶋市
Kashima-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kashima (鹿嶋市, Kashima-shi) is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture. Population 66,950 (2020 census), area 106.02 km². Borders 4 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
- 鹿嶋市
- Reading
- Kashima-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ibaraki 茨城県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 66,950 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -1.4% from 67,879
- Area
- 106.02 km²
- Density
- 631 people per km²
- Households
- 28,318
- Under 15
- 12.2%
- 65 and over
- 31.3%
- Foreign residents
- 959 (1.4%)
- Code
- 08222 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kashima.ibaraki.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Kashima. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kashima
- Is Kashima a city or a prefecture?
- Kashima (鹿嶋市) 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 Kashima?
- Kashima 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 Kashima?
- 66,950 at the 2020 census, down 1.4% from 67,879 in 2015. The area is 106.02 km², which is 631 people per km². 28,318 households. 31.3% of residents are 65 or older and 12.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kashima?
- Four: Itako City (潮来市), Kamisu City (神栖市), Namegata City (行方市), and Hokota City (鉾田市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kashima in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kashima written in Japanese?
- 鹿嶋市, read Kashima-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 Kashima begin?
- 茨城県鹿嶋市… (Ibaraki-ken, Kashima-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.