Kitakami北上市
Kitakami-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kitakami (北上市, Kitakami-shi) is a city in Iwate Prefecture. Population 93,045 (2020 census), area 437.55 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
- 北上市
- Reading
- Kitakami-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Iwate 岩手県
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Population
- 93,045 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -0.5% from 93,511
- Area
- 437.55 km²
- Density
- 213 people per km²
- Households
- 38,915
- Under 15
- 12.3%
- 65 and over
- 27.4%
- Foreign residents
- 781 (0.8%)
- Code
- 03206 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.kitakami.iwate.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Kitakami. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kitakami
- Is Kitakami a city or a prefecture?
- Kitakami (北上市) 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 Kitakami?
- Kitakami 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 Kitakami?
- 93,045 at the 2020 census, down 0.5% from 93,511 in 2015. The area is 437.55 km², which is 213 people per km². 38,915 households. 27.4% of residents are 65 or older and 12.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kitakami?
- Four: Hanamaki City (花巻市), Oshu City (奥州市), Nishiwaga Town (西和賀町), and Kanegasaki Town (金ケ崎町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kitakami in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kitakami written in Japanese?
- 北上市, read Kitakami-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 Kitakami begin?
- 岩手県北上市… (Iwate-ken, Kitakami-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.