Kikai喜界町

Kikai-cho. The name ends in 町 (cho), the word for town.

Kikai (喜界町, Kikai-cho) is a town in Kagoshima Prefecture. Population 6,629 (2020 census), area 56.82 km².

A town (町 / chō or machi) in Oshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan. The district in its address groups towns and villages; it is not a government.

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Facts

Japanese name

喜界町

Reading

Kikai-cho

Kind

Town (町): a local government

District (郡)

Oshima District 大島郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Kagoshima 鹿児島県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

6,629 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-8.1% from 7,212

Area

56.82 km²

Density

117 people per km²

Households

3,258

Under 15

12.4%

65 and over

40.4%

Foreign residents

39 (0.6%)

Code

46529 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.town.kikai.lg.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

Kikai shares no land border with another municipality.

Questions about Kikai

Is Kikai a city, a town, or a village?

Kikai (喜界町) is a town (町, cho) in Kagoshima Prefecture. A town is a municipality on the same tier as a city, with its own mayor and assembly. The difference is size: a municipality generally needs 50,000 residents to become a city. Its address puts it in Oshima District (大島郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Kikai?

Kikai 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 Kikai?

6,629 at the 2020 census, down 8.1% from 7,212 in 2015. The area is 56.82 km², which is 117 people per km². 3,258 households. 40.4% of residents are 65 or older and 12.4% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Kikai?

None. Kikai shares no land border with another municipality. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Kikai written in Japanese?

喜界町, read Kikai-cho. The last character, 町 (cho), is the word for town, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Kikai begin?

鹿児島県大島郡喜界町… (Kagoshima-ken, Oshima-gun, Kikai-cho, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the town name. The district name is written but the district is not a government. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.