Kahokuかほく市
Kahoku-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kahoku (かほく市, Kahoku-shi) is a city in Ishikawa Prefecture. Population 34,889 (2020 census), area 64.44 km². Borders 3 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
- かほく市
- Reading
- Kahoku-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Ishikawa 石川県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 34,889 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +2.0% from 34,219
- Area
- 64.44 km²
- Density
- 541 people per km²
- Households
- 12,528
- Under 15
- 13.5%
- 65 and over
- 29.7%
- Foreign residents
- 302 (0.9%)
- Code
- 17209 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kahoku.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Kahoku. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kahoku
- Is Kahoku a city or a prefecture?
- Kahoku (かほく市) 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 Kahoku?
- Kahoku 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 Kahoku?
- 34,889 at the 2020 census, up 2.0% from 34,219 in 2015. The area is 64.44 km², which is 541 people per km². 12,528 households. 29.7% of residents are 65 or older and 13.5% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kahoku?
- Three: Tsubata Town (津幡町), Uchinada Town (内灘町), and Hodatsushimizu Town (宝達志水町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kahoku in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kahoku written in Japanese?
- かほく市, read Kahoku-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 Kahoku begin?
- 石川県かほく市… (Ishikawa-ken, Kahoku-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.