Kaga加賀市
Kaga-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kaga (加賀市, Kaga-shi) is a city in Ishikawa Prefecture. Population 63,220 (2020 census), area 305.87 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Ishikawa Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 加賀市
- Reading
- Kaga-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ishikawa 石川県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 63,220 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -5.9% from 67,186
- Area
- 305.87 km²
- Density
- 207 people per km²
- Households
- 25,261
- Under 15
- 10.6%
- 65 and over
- 36.0%
- Foreign residents
- 929 (1.5%)
- Code
- 17206 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kaga.ishikawa.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Kaga. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kaga
- Is Kaga a city or a prefecture?
- Kaga (加賀市) is a city (市, shi) in Ishikawa Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Kaga?
- Kaga is in Ishikawa Prefecture (石川県), in the Chūbu region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Kaga?
- 63,220 at the 2020 census, down 5.9% from 67,186 in 2015. The area is 305.87 km², which is 207 people per km². 25,261 households. 36.0% of residents are 65 or older and 10.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kaga?
- Four: Komatsu City (小松市), Katsuyama City (勝山市) in Fukui, Awara City (あわら市) in Fukui, and Sakai City (坂井市) in Fukui. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kaga in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kaga written in Japanese?
- 加賀市, read Kaga-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 Kaga begin?
- 石川県加賀市… (Ishikawa-ken, Kaga-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.