Kanoya鹿屋市

Kanoya-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.

Kanoya (鹿屋市, Kanoya-shi) is a city in Kagoshima Prefecture. Population 101,096 (2020 census), area 448.15 km². Borders 7 places.

A city (市 / shi) in Kagoshima Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.

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Facts

Japanese name

鹿屋市

Reading

Kanoya-shi

Kind

City (市): a local government

Prefecture

Kagoshima 鹿児島県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

101,096 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-2.4% from 103,608

Area

448.15 km²

Density

226 people per km²

Households

46,139

Under 15

15.0%

65 and over

29.9%

Foreign residents

633 (0.6%)

Code

46203 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.kanoya.lg.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

7 places share a land border with Kanoya. Borders across water are not counted.

• Tarumizu City垂水市
• So City曽於市
• Kirishima City霧島市
• Osaki Town大崎町
• Higashikushira Town東串良町
• Kinko Town錦江町
• Kimotsuki Town肝付町

Questions about Kanoya

Is Kanoya a city or a prefecture?

Kanoya (鹿屋市) is a city (市, shi) in Kagoshima Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.

Where is Kanoya?

Kanoya is in Kagoshima Prefecture (鹿児島県), in the Kyūshū-Okinawa region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Kanoya?

101,096 at the 2020 census, down 2.4% from 103,608 in 2015. The area is 448.15 km², which is 226 people per km². 46,139 households. 29.9% of residents are 65 or older and 15.0% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Kanoya?

Seven: Tarumizu City (垂水市), So City (曽於市), Kirishima City (霧島市), Osaki Town (大崎町), Higashikushira Town (東串良町), Kinko Town (錦江町), and Kimotsuki Town (肝付町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kanoya in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Kanoya written in Japanese?

鹿屋市, read Kanoya-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 Kanoya begin?

鹿児島県鹿屋市… (Kagoshima-ken, Kanoya-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.