Kamaishi釜石市
Kamaishi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kamaishi (釜石市, Kamaishi-shi) is a city in Iwate Prefecture. Population 32,078 (2020 census), area 440.35 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Iwate Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 釜石市
- Reading
- Kamaishi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Iwate 岩手県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 32,078 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -12.8% from 36,802
- Area
- 440.35 km²
- Density
- 73 people per km²
- Households
- 14,725
- Under 15
- 9.2%
- 65 and over
- 40.0%
- Foreign residents
- 225 (0.7%)
- Code
- 03211 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kamaishi.iwate.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Kamaishi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kamaishi
- Is Kamaishi a city or a prefecture?
- Kamaishi (釜石市) is a city (市, shi) in Iwate Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Kamaishi?
- Kamaishi is in Iwate Prefecture (岩手県), in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Kamaishi?
- 32,078 at the 2020 census, down 12.8% from 36,802 in 2015. The area is 440.35 km², which is 73 people per km². 14,725 households. 40.0% of residents are 65 or older and 9.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kamaishi?
- Four: Ofunato City (大船渡市), Tono City (遠野市), Sumita Town (住田町), and Otsuchi Town (大槌町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kamaishi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kamaishi written in Japanese?
- 釜石市, read Kamaishi-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 Kamaishi begin?
- 岩手県釜石市… (Iwate-ken, Kamaishi-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.