Kirishima霧島市
Kirishima-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Kirishima (霧島市, Kirishima-shi) is a city in Kagoshima Prefecture. Population 123,135 (2020 census), area 603.16 km². Borders 9 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.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 霧島市
- Reading
- Kirishima-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Kagoshima 鹿児島県
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Population
- 123,135 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -2.2% from 125,857
- Area
- 603.16 km²
- Density
- 204 people per km²
- Households
- 55,586
- Under 15
- 14.3%
- 65 and over
- 28.0%
- Foreign residents
- 785 (0.6%)
- Code
- 46218 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city-kirishima.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Kirishima. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Kirishima
- Is Kirishima a city or a prefecture?
- Kirishima (霧島市) 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 Kirishima?
- Kirishima 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 Kirishima?
- 123,135 at the 2020 census, down 2.2% from 125,857 in 2015. The area is 603.16 km², which is 204 people per km². 55,586 households. 28.0% of residents are 65 or older and 14.3% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Kirishima?
- Nine: Miyakonojo City (都城市) in Miyazaki, Kobayashi City (小林市) in Miyazaki, Ebino City (えびの市) in Miyazaki, Kanoya City (鹿屋市), Tarumizu City (垂水市), So City (曽於市), Aira City (姶良市), Satsuma Town (さつま町), and Yusui Town (湧水町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kirishima in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Kirishima written in Japanese?
- 霧島市, read Kirishima-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 Kirishima begin?
- 鹿児島県霧島市… (Kagoshima-ken, Kirishima-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.